Favières, Somme

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Favières

(2020–2026) Guy Taeck^[1]Area

12.62 km² (4.87 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

455 • Density36/km² (93/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

80303 /80120

Elevation2–5 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.

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

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.
Chapel.
Heritage chapel.
The church.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE