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Favières, Somme

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Somme

Intercommunality
  
Authie-Maye

Area
  
12.62 km²

Arrondissement
  
Abbeville

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Rue

Population (2006)
  
463

Local time
  
Friday 3:32 AM

Favières, Somme

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 96% Humidity

Favières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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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.
  • References

    Favières, Somme Wikipedia