Favières, Somme

French commune|name= Favières


x = 129
y = 33
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Abbeville
canton=Rue
insee=80303
cp=80120
maire=Marcel LEJEUNE
mandat=2001-2008
alt moy=6 m
alt mini=2 m
alt maxi=5 m
hectares=1262
km²=12,62
sans=405
date-sans=1999
dens=32|

Favières is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated on the D140 road, 2 miles from the estuary of the river Somme, some 12 miles 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 linked with the community

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

Population

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80303&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Favières on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=31664&req=Favières Favières on the Quid website] fr
* [http://perso.orange.fr/favieres-baie-de-somme/titre.htm Caudron brothers website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 12th 2008."