Favières, Somme
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Commune of Favières |
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Picardie | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Rue | |
| Mayor | Marcel LEJEUNE (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 2 m–5 m (avg. 6 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 12,62 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
405 | |
| - Density | 32/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 80303/ 80120 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Favières is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Situated on the D140 road, 2 miles from the estuary of the river Somme, some 12 miles northwest of Abbeville.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Personalities linked with the community
- Aeronautical engineering pioneers Gaston Caudron (1882) and René Caudron (1884) were born in Favières.
[edit] Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 386 | 438 | 379 | 403 | 406 | 405 |
| Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting | |||||
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
[edit] External links
- Favières on the Insee website (French)
- Favières on the Quid website (French)
- Caudron brothers website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 12th 2008.
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