List of town tramway systems in France
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This is a list of town tramway systems in France by région
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Alsace

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Colmar
Colmar
Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....

  Electric 16 March 1902 31 January 1960  
Mulhouse
Mulhouse
Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...

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  Steam 1 October 1892 1894  
Electric 1894 2 May 1956  
Tramway de Mulhouse Electric 13 May 2006    
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.Its inhabitants are called Ribeauvillois.The picturesque town is located around north of Colmar and south of Strasbourg.-History:...

  Horse ? ?  
Steam ? 1937  
Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

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  Horse 22 July 1878 1899  
Steam 1883 12 August 1926  
Electric May 1895 30 April 1960
Tramways in Strasbourg
Tramways in Strasbourg
The Strasbourg tram system, run by the CTS, consists of six lines, A, B, C, D, E and F. Lines A and D were opened in 1994, lines B and C were opened in 2000, line E was opened in 2007 and line F was opened in 2010.- History :...

Electric 25 November 1994  
Turckheim
Turckheim
Turckheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.-Places of interest:...

  Electric 3 June 1899 1 April 1937  

Aquitaine

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Arcachon
Arcachon
Arcachon is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.It is a popular bathing location on the Atlantic coast southwest of Bordeaux in the Landes forest...

  Electric 6 August 1911 1930  
Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz B.A.B Steam 2 June 1877 23 April 1922  
Electric 11 July 1922 31 December 1952  
B.L.B Steam 18 October 1888 31 January 1914  
Electric 1 February 1914 1 October 1948  
V.F.D.M Electric 3 December 1917 31 January 1939  
Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

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  Horse 4 May 1880 1901  
Electric 17 February 1900 8 December 1958  
Tramway de Bordeaux
Tramway de Bordeaux
The Bordeaux tramway network consists of three lines serving the city of Bordeaux in southwestern France. The first line was opened on 21 December 2003; further extensions have increased the route length to . The system is notable for using a ground-level power supply of the Alimentation par Sol...

Electric 23 December 2003    
Hendaye
Hendaye
Hendaye is the most south-westerly town and commune in France, lying in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and located in the traditional province Lapurdi of the French Basque Country...

  Horse 1906 1907  
Electric 15 August 1908 1 January 1937  
Pau   Electric 8 September 1900 1929  

Auvergne

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Type
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Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...

  Electric 7 January 1890 17 March 1956  
La Bourboule
La Bourboule
La Bourboule is commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

  Electric 1904 1914  
Le Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.Its inhabitants are called Ponots.-History:Le Puy-en-Velay was a major bishopric in medieval France, founded early, though its early history is legendary...

  Electric 12 November 1896 4 August 1914  
Vichy
Vichy
Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...

  Compressed air 15 december1895 31 March 1927  

Basse-Normandie

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Type
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Avranches
Avranches
Avranches is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The inhabitants are called Avranchinais.-History:...

  Electric April 1907 2 August 1914  
Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

Compagnie des tramways électriques de Caen
Tramway de Caen
This article is about the first tramway system in Caen, for information about the Guided bus of Caen, see Caen Guided Light Transit.The Tramway de Caen was a tramway system serving the city of Caen, France...

Electric 21 December 1901 1937  
Cherbourg   Steam 22 May 1897 2 August 1914  
Electric 1910 1944  
Deauville
Deauville
Deauville is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.With its racecourse, harbour, international film festival, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino and sumptuous hotels, Deauville is regarded as the "queen of the Norman beaches" and...

  Horse October 1876 ca 1905  

Bourgogne

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Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....

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  Electric 1 January 1895 1 December 1961  
  Electric 2012  

Bretagne

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Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

  Electric 1898 1945  
Lorient
Lorient
Lorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...

  Electric 1901 1944  
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine.-Demographics:The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season...

  Electric 1927 1948  

Centre

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Blois
Blois
Blois is the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours.-History:...

  Electric 1910 1934  
Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...

  Electric 1898 1949  
Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...

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  Horse 6 May 1877 ?
Electric 28 June 1899 31 March 1938
Tramway d'Orléans Electric 20 November 2000    
Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...

  Electric 1900 1949  

Champagne-Ardenne

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Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the department of Marne and the region of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....

  Electric 1897 1938  
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.-History:...

  Electric 1900 1914  
Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

  Electric 1900 1939  
Sedan
Sedan, France
Sedan is a commune in France, a sub-prefecture of the Ardennes department in northern France.-Geography:The historic centre is built on a peninsula formed by an arc of the Meuse River. It is around from the Belgian border.-History:...

  Electric 1899 1914  
Troyes
Troyes
Troyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. Many half-timbered houses survive in the old town...

  Electric 1899 1950  

Corse (Corsica)

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Ajaccio
Ajaccio
Ajaccio , is a commune on the island of Corsica in France. It is the capital and largest city of the region of Corsica and the prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud....

  Horse ? ?  

Franche-Comté

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Beaucourt
Beaucourt
Beaucourt is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France."Beaucourt Revisited" is a war poem by A.P. Herbert.-References:*...

  Electric 1904 1935  
Belfort
Belfort
Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-...

  Electric 29 May 1898 1952  
Besançon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

  Electric 21 March 1897 24 December 1952  

Haute-Normandie

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Elbeuf
Elbeuf
-Population:-Places of interest:* The mairie, also housing the museum.* Two seventeenth century churches.* Some sixteenth century houses.* A fifteenth century stone cross.* The theatre , renovated in the late twentieth century.-Notable people:...

  Electric 1898 1926  
Le Havre
Le Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...

Tramway du Havre
Tramway du Havre
The Tramway du Havre was a tramway system serving the city of Le Havre, France. The tramway operated by Compagnie des tramways électriques du Havre opened in 1894 and closed in 1957, letting trolleybuses take over public transport....

Electric 1894 1951  
Le Tréport
Le Tréport
Le Tréport is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D940, the D78 and the D1015 roads...

  Electric 1902 1935  
Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...

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Compagnie des Tramways de Rouen
Tramway de Rouen
The Rouen tramway or Rouen métro is a network of two tramway lines in the city of Rouen, Upper Normandy .The tramway operates on one line with two southern branches to Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and Le Grand-Quevilly...

Horse 29 December 1877 1896  
Electric 1896 28 February 1953
Tramway de Rouen
Tramway de Rouen
The Rouen tramway or Rouen métro is a network of two tramway lines in the city of Rouen, Upper Normandy .The tramway operates on one line with two southern branches to Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and Le Grand-Quevilly...

Electric 17 December 1994  

Île-de-France

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Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau...

Tramway de Fontainebleau
Tramway de Fontainebleau
The Tramway de Fontainebleau was a tramway system in Fontainebleau, France.As a royal town, Fontainebleau benefited from an early Metre gauge tram system. At its greatest extent the network comprised three lines with the first one linking the Château to the station from 29 September 1896...

Electric 29 September 1896 31 December 1953  
Melun
Melun
Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, Melun is the capital of the department, as the seat of an arrondissement...

  Electric 1901 1914  
Paris* Tramways in Paris
Tramways in Paris
The French region of Île-de-France, encompassing the capital city of Paris, currently has four tram lines, and is planning an additional line. Of the existing lines, three are operated by its public transport authority, RATP, which also operates the Paris Métro and most bus services. The fourth...

Horse 1855 ?  
Electric 1895 14 August 1938
Electric 6 July 1992  
Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

Tramway de Versailles
Tramway de Versailles
The Tramway de Versailles or Tramway Versaillais was a standard gauge tramway system serving the French city of Versailles.__noTOC__The first lines opened in 1896 and served:* Square Duplessis - Grandchamps* la Rive Droite - Sénat...

Horse 11 November 1876 1896  
Electric 1896 3 March 1957  

Languedoc-Roussillon

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Aigues-Vives
Aigues-Vives, Gard
Aigues-Vives is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-External links:**...

  Steam ? ?  
Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....

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  Electric 1 January 1898 31 January 1949  
Tramway de Montpellier
Trams in Montpellier
The city of Montpellier, France has a network of two tram lines currently in service, with a third line in construction. Responsibility for trams is held by the agglomeration community of the Montpellier agglomeration , and trams are operated by the Transports de l'agglomération de Montpellier ...

Electric 1 July 2000    
Nîmes
Nîmes
Nîmes is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination.-History:...

  Horse 1880 1900  
Electric 1899 1950  
Perpignan
Perpignan
-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...

  Electric September 1900 October 1955  
Sète
Sète
Sète is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois....

  Electric 1901 1935  

Limousin

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Limoges
Limoges
Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....

  Electric 6 June 1897 2 March 1951  

Lorraine

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Épinal
Épinal
Épinal is a commune in northeastern France and the capital of the Vosges department. Inhabitants are known as Spinaliens.-Geography:The commune has a land area of 59.24 km²...

  Electric 1906 1914  
Forbach
Forbach
Forbach is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is located near the German border. Population : 22,784....

  Electric 1912 1950  
Hagondange
Hagondange
Hagondange is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is some 20 km north of Metz and the same distance south from Thionville.La Tour de Guet, a tower from the twelfth century, is found within the commune....

 - Maizières-lès-Metz
Maizières-lès-Metz
Maizières-lès-Metz is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It was the original home of the German de Maizière family which, being Huguenots, had to emigrate from France to Prussia in the 17th century...

  Electric 1913 1964  
Longwy
Longwy
Longwy is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.The inhabitants are known as Longoviciens.-Economy:Longwy has historically been an industrial center of the Lorraine iron mining district. The town is known for its artistic glazed pottery.-History:Longwy initially...

  Electric 1902 1935  
Metz
Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...

  Electric 1902 1948  
Nancy   Horse 12 August 1874 c. 1903  
Electric 1898 2 December 1958
Novéant-sur-Moselle
Novéant-sur-Moselle
Novéant-sur-Moselle is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Moselle department*Parc naturel régional de Lorraine...

  Electric 1911 1933  
Saint-Avold
Saint-Avold
Saint-Avold is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is situated twenty-eight miles east of Metz and seventeen miles southwest of Saarbrücken....

  Electric 1910 1940  
Thionville
Thionville
Thionville , is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.-Demographics:...

  Electric 9 May 1912 22 September 1952  

Midi-Pyrénées

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Albi   Steam ? ?  
petrol (gasoline) ? ?  
Lourdes
Lourdes
Lourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous...

  Electric 1899 1930  
Rodez
Rodez
Rodez is a town and commune in southern France, in the Aveyron department, of which it is the capital. Its inhabitants are called Ruthénois.-History:Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by the Celts...

  Electric 1902 1920  
Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

  Horse 31 July 1887 ?
  Electric May 1906 7 July 1957  
Toulouse tramway
Toulouse tramway
- Route :Toulouse Tramway operates from Beauzelle to Toulouse passing through Blagnac. It was expected to be opened on November 27, 2010, but this was delayed by industrial action; instead it opened in December 2010...

Electric 11 December 2010

Nord-Pas de Calais

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Armentières
Armentières
Armentières is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole, and lies on the Belgian border, northwest of the city of Lille, on the right bank of the river Lys....

  Electric 1901 1914  
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer
-Road:* Metropolitan bus services are operated by the TCRB* Coach services to Calais and Dunkerque* A16 motorway-Rail:* The main railway station is Gare de Boulogne-Ville and located in the south of the city....

  Electric 1897 1951  
Calais
Calais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....

  Electric 1906 1940  
Cambrai
Cambrai
Cambrai is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Cambrai is the seat of an archdiocese whose jurisdiction was immense during the Middle Ages. The territory of the Bishopric of Cambrai, roughly coinciding with the shire of Brabant, included...

  Electric 1903 1914  
Cassel   Electric 1900 1938  
Douai
Douai
-Main sights:Douai's ornate Gothic style belfry was begun in 1380, on the site of an earlier tower. The 80 m high structure includes an impressive carillon, consisting of 62 bells spanning 5 octaves. The originals, some dating from 1391 were removed in 1917 during World War I by the occupying...

  Electric 1898 1950  
Dunkerque   Horse 1 June 1880 ?  
Accumulator (storage battery) 1899 1903  
Electric 1903 3 November 1952  
Étaples
Étaples
Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river.There is a separate commune named Staple, Nord.-History:...

  Electric 1900 1935  
Lille
Lille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

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  Horse 7 June 1874 ?
Electric 1900 29 January 1966
Mongy Electric 4 December 1909  
Maubeuge   Electric 16 March 1902 1951  
Roubaix
Roubaix
Roubaix is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located between the cities of Lille and Tourcoing.The Gare de Roubaix railway station offers connections to Lille, Tourcoing, Antwerp, Ostend and Paris.-Culture:...

  Horse 19 March 1877 ?  
Electric 1894 15 July 1956
Tourcoing
Tourcoing
Tourcoing is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Nord.Tourcoing is situated near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border.-Main sights:...

  Horse 19 March 1877 ?  
Electric 1894 15 July 1956
Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...

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  Steam 1 January 1881 1914
Electric 1914 2 July 1966  
Tramway de Valenciennes
Tramway de Valenciennes
The Valenciennes tramway is a tram system in the Valenciennes urban area in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région of northern France. One line has been completed, and eventually the network will include three lines, be 48 km long and serve sixteen cities and villages.- Former network :The former...

Electric 3 July 2006  

Pays de la Loire

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Angers
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....

  Electric 21 May 1896 May 1949  
  Electric 25 June 2011
Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...

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  Electric 1897 1947  
  Electric 17 November 2007    
Les Sables d'Olonne   Electric 1898 1925  
Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....

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  Compressed air 13 February 1879 1917  
Electric 1913 25 January 1958  
Tramway de Nantes
Tramway de Nantes
The Nantes tramway is a tramway system located around the city of Nantes, France. The first tramway in Nantes opened in 1879 and closed in 1958 due to bombing damage during World War II, while the present tramway was re-introduced to the city in 1985....

Electric 7 January 1985  

Picardie

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Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

  Electric 1899 1940  
Tergnier
Tergnier
Tergnier is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-Population:...

  Electric 1910 1939  
Saint-Quentin
Saint-Quentin, Aisne
Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century....

  Electric 6 March 1899 27 May 1956  

Poitou-Charentes

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Angoulême
Angoulême
-Main sights:In place of its ancient fortifications, Angoulême is encircled by boulevards above the old city walls, known as the Remparts, from which fine views may be obtained in all directions. Within the town the streets are often narrow. Apart from the cathedral and the hôtel de ville, the...

  Electric 1900 1935  
Poitiers
Poitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...

  Electric 1899 1947  

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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Avignon
Avignon
Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...

  Electric 1901 1932  
Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

  Electric 1899 1923  
La Ciotat
La Ciotat
La Ciotat is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. It is part of the metropolitan area of Marseille Provence. La ciotat is located to the east of Marseille at an equal distance from Marseille and Toulon...

  Electric 1935 1955  
Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

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Tramway de Marseille
Tramway de Marseille
Marseille tram is a tramway system in the French city of Marseille. The tramway opened on 21 January 1876 and, unlike most other French cities, has never closed and continues to this day to operate.- History :...

Horse 21 January 1876 ?  
Steam 1892 ?  
Electric 1900    
Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

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Tramway de Nice et du Littoral
Tramway de Nice et du Littoral
The Tramway de Nice was a tramway system serving the city of Nice, France. The tramway began operations on 27 February 1879 using horse drawn tramcars....

Horse 27 February 1878 ?  
Electric 1900 10 January 1953  
Tramway de Nice
Tramway de Nice
This article is about the new tramway of Nice, for the old network, see Tramway de Nice et du LittoralThe Nice tramway is a tram system of 8.7-km rail, currently composed of one line, and operated by the Société nouvelle des transports de l'agglomération niçoise, under the trade name of Lignes...

Electric 24 November 2007    
Toulon
Toulon
Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

  Horse July 1886 ?  
Electric July 1897 15 April 1954  

Rhône-Alpes

Location System Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Refs
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains
Aix-les-Bains is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is situated on the shore of Lac du Bourget, by rail north of Chambéry.-Geography:...

  Compressed air 18 April 1897 1908  
Annemasse
Annemasse
Annemasse is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the border with Switzerland. It is the second town in the Haute-Savoie department with a population estimated to 29'450 in 2010.-Geography:...

  Steam 22 October 1883 1902  
Electric 2 January 1902 31 December 1958  
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France...

  Electric 1898 1908  
Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

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  Electric 17 April 1897 31 August 1952
Tramway de Grenoble
Tramway de Grenoble
The Grenoble tramway network is 35 km long, and comprises four lines: lines A, B, C and D. Line A was opened in 1987, line B in 1990, line C on 20 May 2006 and line D on October 2007. There previously existed a network of tramways in Grenoble, between 1894 and 1952...

Electric 5 September 1987  
Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

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  Horse 21 June 1897 ?  
Steam 1888 ?  
Electric 26 August 1894 30 January 1956
Tramway de Lyon Electric 23 December 2000    
Moûtiers
Moutiers
Moutiers and Les Moutiers is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:*Moutiers, in the Eure-et-Loir département*Moutiers, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département*Moutiers, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département...

  Electric 1899 1929  
Roanne
Roanne
Roanne is a commune in the Loire department in central France.It is located northwest of Lyon on the Loire River.-Economy:...

  Electric 1901 1935  
Saint-Chamond
Saint-Chamond
Saint-Chamond is a commune in the Loire department in the Rhône-Alpes region in central France.-Overview:It is situated 13 km east of the city of Saint-Étienne and approximately 45 km southwest of Lyon...

  Electric 1906 1931  
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...

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Tramway de Saint-Étienne
Tramway de Saint-Étienne
The Saint-Étienne tramway is a tram system in the French city of Saint-Étienne, Rhône-Alpes , its particularity is that is has functionned non stop since its opening in 1881...

Steam 4 December 1881 1912
Electric 17 April 1897  
Valence
Valence, Drôme
Valence is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, south of Lyon on the railway to Marseilles.Its inhabitants are called Valentinois...

  Electric 1927 1950  

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