Cell towers in Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon (Rhône)

Most of the town's 19 masts are buildings (14); 1 church or religious building and 1 camouflaged "tree" pylon make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include Gymnase du Plan du Loup, Fontenieres, Montray-la-Bachasse, 42 Rue Jean Baptiste Simon, 49 Route de la Liberation and place Xavier Ricard.

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

14 of the 19 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 34 m at 2 allée de la Gravière (building). The median is 19 m, slightly below the Rhône median of 26 m.

The commune owns 2 of the 19 masts, TDF owns 1.

2013 was the busiest year, with 43 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom opened 5G here in November 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, SFR followed in December 2020. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 7 of its 10 masts, Free Mobile on 6 of its 7 masts, SFR on all 5 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 2 of its 6 masts.

La Mulatiere lies 965 m to the south-east and has only 11 masts.

By mast count, Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon is 14th of the 67 Rhône towns that have five or more. With 19 masts for 21,692 residents, or 9 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (11).

At 7 km² with 21,692 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the Métropole de Lyon intercommunal grouping.

Source: operator declarations to ANFR, as of October 2026. Projects that are only approved are left out of the totals.