Cell towers in Aurillac (Cantal)

Masts stand at Av. Georges Pompidou, Stade Jean Alric, Stade Jean Alric63 Boulevard Louis Dauzier, Les Garroustes, Chemin du Bousquet and Le Ventarel.

ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 3 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Aron. 8 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 49 m pylon at Le Gazard as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 28 m.

2 masts belong to the commune itself and 3 to TDF; the rest sit mainly on private buildings.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in August 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in August 2021. 2017 was the busiest year, with 33 new systems, most of them 4G.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on 6 of its 7 masts, Orange on 6 of its 7 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 7 masts and SFR on 3 of its 7 masts. 5G is on 88% of masts here, against 67% across Cantal towns with five or more masts.

5 supports carry only Orange.

Among the 5 Cantal towns with at least five masts, Aurillac ranks 1st by mast count. With 16 masts for 26,214 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

52 km to the south-east, neighbouring Espalion has only 5 masts.

26,214 residents over 29 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA du Bassin d'Aurillac intercommunal grouping.

Supports split between 12 pylons, 3 buildings and 1 mast.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.