Cell towers in Meximieux (Ain)

Place names on the register include Le Vivier, rue des Jattieres, rue du Ban Thevenin, 2 Allee des Ollieres and 2 Avenue de Verdun.

Inventory: a 33 m pylon, at Le Vivier, for Free Mobile; a 19 m pylon, at rue des Jattieres, for Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR; a 31 m building, at rue du Ban Thevenin, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; an 18 m building, at 2 Allee des Ollieres, for Free Mobile; a 13 m building, at 2 Avenue de Verdun, for Free Mobile; a 30 m pylon, for Orange.

The tallest structure is a 33 m pylon at Le Vivier. The median is 25 m, slightly below the Ain median of 30 m.

2023 was the busiest year, with 12 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in January 2022, Orange followed in January 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

8 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 6 masts in the commune, Free Mobile is the only carrier on 3 masts.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on all 2 masts, Orange on all 2 masts, SFR on all 2 masts and Free Mobile on 1 of its 3 masts.

13 km to the north-east, neighbouring Amberieu-en-Bugey has 12 masts, more than here.

By mast count, Meximieux is 14th of the 26 Ain towns that have five or more. With 6 masts for 8,247 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

Most of the town's 6 masts are buildings (3).

Of the 66 systems declared here, 15 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).