Favières, Somme

Favières
Favières
Location within Picardy region Favières
Coordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E / 50.2389°N 1.6644°E / 50.2389; 1.6644Coordinates: 50°14′20″N 1°39′52″E / 50.2389°N 1.6644°E / 50.2389; 1.6644
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	Authie-Maye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Marcel Lejeune
Area¹	12.62 km² (4.87 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	463
• Density	37/km² (95/sq mi)
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. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Favières is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

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.

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.

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

Historical population of Favières, Somme
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	386	438	379	403	406	405	453
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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Communes of the Somme department