The trains were ordered in December 2003, and manufactured in factories at Le Creusot (bogies), Tarbes (electrical and electronic traction), Villeurbanne (electronics), Ornans (motors), with final assembly performed at Aytré, near La Rochelle.
Aytré | Canton of Aytré |
In the 1988 cantonal elections, he was elected as a general councillor of Aytré succeeding Léon Belly (PCF).