Favières () is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern

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Geography

The commune is situated on the D140 road, from the estuary of the river Somme, some northwest of

Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...

Railway

Favières is served by a halt on the metre gauge railway from Noyelles-sur-Mer to

Le Crotoy Le Crotoy () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The inhabitants are known as ''Crotellois''. History Isabella of France, queen consort of England, and her son (later Edward III of England) embarked fro ...

. 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

Favières, Somme, Fr, Chapelle de la délivrance.jpg, Chapel. Favières, Somme, Fr, Hamelet, chapelle N-D.jpg, Chapel. Chapelle du Hamelet, Favières, Somme, France (3).JPG, Heritage chapel. Favières église2b.jpg, The church.

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