Bordeaux agglomeration, Transports Bordeaux Métropole (TBM). Pessac is located on line B of the Tramway de Bordeaux. Personalities 1929: Yvette Roudy, socialist minister 1938: Jean Eustache, film actor and director (d. 1981) 1953: Patrice Brun (historian) 1971: Thierry Poulain-Rehm, university 1979: , handball player 1980: (18 August) , matador Twin towns - sister cities Pessac is twinned with: Banfora, Burkina Faso Burgos, Spain Galați, Romania Göppingen, Germany Viana do Castelo, Portugal See also Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan, wine appellation Communes of the Gironde department Operation Josephine B, a 1941 attack on an electricity substation. References External links Official website Communes of Gironde