July 2010 in Brest. Building the tramway line. Recouvrance bridge and Tour Tanguy.
July 2010 in Brest. Building the tramway line. Recouvrance bridge and Tour Tanguy.
July 2010 in Brest. Building the tramway line. Siam street and Town Hall in the background.
July 2010 in Brest. Building the tramway line. Siam street and Town Hall in the background.

A new tramway is being built in Brest (Finistère). A dedicated website asks to vote and name the new stations. Names like Pontanezen, Menez Paol or Penfeld are likely to disappear from


A new tramway is being built in Brest (Finistère). A dedicated website asks to vote and name the new stations. Until June 5th midnight (GMT + 2).

Names like Pontanezen (Pont Ezen), Menez Paol, or Penfeld are likely to disappear from the Brest Breton toponymy...

If you dont't want to see them changed into names like Cézanne, Human rights or Barbara, vote and tell to vote as soon as possible.

http://www.letram-brest.fr/ to vote : « Donnons un nom à nos stations » and http://stations.letram-brest.fr/ for the proposed names.


Translation Maryvonne Cadiou from

Philippe Argouarch

Ancien webmaster de la Wells Fargo Bank aux États-Unis puis de l’International Herald Tribune à Paris, je suis revenu en Bretagne en 2005 pour gérer et développer ABP.bzh, le média que j’avais créé en octobre 2003. Auteur de plus de 2700 articles signés et contributeur à de nombreux autres, que ce soit au sein de la rédaction ou avec l’IA.