Favières, Somme

Favières (French pronunciation: [favjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Favières
Commune
Town hall
Location of Favières
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Coordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Taeck[1]
Area 1	12.62 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	454
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80303 /80120
Elevation	2–5 m (6.6–16.4 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D140 road, 2 miles (3 km) from the estuary of the river Somme, some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Abbeville.

Railway

Favières is served by a halt on the metre gauge railway from Noyelles-sur-Mer to Le Crotoy. The railway is now a heritage railway, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, which formerly formed part of the Réseau des Bains de Mer.

Personalities

• Aeronautical engineering pioneers Gaston Caudron (1882) and René Caudron (1884) were born in Favières.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	438	—
1975	379	−2.05%
1982	403	+0.88%
1990	406	+0.09%
1999	405	−0.03%
2007	456	+1.49%
2012	462	+0.26%
2017	462	+0.00%
Source: INSEE[3]

• 
  Chapel.
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  Chapel.
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  Heritage chapel.
• 
  The church.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department