Cell towers in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon

Masts stand at Les Ponsonneyres, Peymartin, Bois de Peybrousson, Les Roussets and Romières.

The declared supports are a 30 m pylon, at Les Ponsonneyres, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 36 m pylon, at Peymartin, for Free Mobile; a 38 m pylon, at Bois de Peybrousson, for Orange; a 31 m pylon, at Les Roussets, for Free Mobile; a 27 m pylon, at Romières, for Orange.

5G is on 60% of masts here, against 82% across Haute-Loire towns with five or more masts.

Every mast here is owned by a tower company rather than by a carrier. Mix: TDF (2), Hivory (1) and Totem (1).

Systems from 2008 are still on the register. Free Mobile opened 5G here in May 2021; Orange followed in March 2025. 2021 was the busiest year, with 12 new systems, most of them 4G.

ANFR lists a 38 m pylon at Bois de Peybrousson as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 31 m.

Among the 5 Haute-Loire towns with at least five masts, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon ranks 3rd by mast count. With 5 masts for 2,501 residents, or 20 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (7).

2 Free Mobile 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 1.8 km, to the south-east of the centre.

Le Cheylard lies 20 km to the south-east and has a higher 5G share (80%).

Source: operator declarations to ANFR, as of October 2026, not field measurements.