Favières () is a commune in the

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department in

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in northern

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Geography

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

, some northwest of

Abbeville Abbeville (; ; ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu. Geography Location A ...

Railway

Favières is served by a halt on the

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railway from Noyelles-sur-Mer to

Le Crotoy Le Crotoy (; Picard: ''Ch'Crotoé'') 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 ...

. The railway is now a

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, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, which formerly formed part of the

Réseau des Bains de Mer The Réseau des Bains de Mer (, RBM) was a group of five metre gauge railways centred on Noyelles-sur-Mer, with a total route length of some . It was a part of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme''. Three of the lines are still open a ...

Personalities

* Aeronautical engineering pioneers Gaston

Caudron The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

(1882) and René Caudron (1884) were born in Favières.

Population

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Geography

Railway

Personalities

Population

See also