Favières (Somme)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Rue | |
| Community association | Ponthieu-Marquenterre | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 14 ′ N , 1 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 2-5 m | |
| surface | 12.62 km 2 | |
| Residents | 462 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80120 | |
| INSEE code | 80303 | |
 Mairie and former school |
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Favières ( Picard : favière ) is a northern French municipality with 462 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Abbeville and is part of the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre and the canton of Rue .
geography
The municipality bordering the Somme Bay is south of Rue and east of Le Crotoy in the marshland of the Somme estuary in the Marquenterre . The hamlets of Le Hamelet and Le Marais belong to it. The meter-gauge railway from Noyelles-sur-Mer to Le Crotoy runs through the south of the municipality with a stop, which is operated as Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme as a tourist and museum railway.
history
The place with its church is mentioned in 1138. Half of the reign belonged to the chapter of Saint-Wulfran. Later, part of the parish belonged to the Saint-Valéry Abbey.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 490 | 438 | 379 | 403 | 406 | 405 | 453 | 462 |
Attractions
- St-Jean-Baptiste Church
- Chapel-St-Corneille in Hamelet
- War memorial
Personalities
The brothers Gaston Caudron and René Caudron, founders of the Caudron aircraft factory in Rue, were born in Favières .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/80/accueil_80303.htm
- ↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/80/accueil_80303a.htm
