Cell towers in Valence (Drôme)

Place names on the register include Pont des Anglais, 10 Rue des Quatorze Cantons, rue de Chantecouriol, 14 Rue Claude Bernard Hotel Residence Cerise, 39 Chem de la Forêt and Ferme Chosson.

17 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 4 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 10 Place Aristide Briand and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 19 Rue Jules Ferry. 26 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2017 was the busiest year, with 78 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in August 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in August 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

26 of the 41 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 57 m at 1 rue Georges Bizet (building). The median height of measured supports is 25 m.

Of the 41 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 13 masts.

By mast count, Valence is 1st of the 21 Drôme towns that have five or more. With 41 masts for 64,458 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 16 of its 19 masts, Free Mobile on 14 of its 18 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 11 of its 15 masts and SFR on 11 of its 15 masts. 93% of the town's masts carry 5G, more than across Drôme towns with five or more masts (80%).

Supports leave a gap of about 2.4 km to the north-east of the centre.

Bourg-les-Valence lies 2.7 km to the north-west and has only 8 masts.

At 37 km² with 64,458 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CA Valence Romans Agglo intercommunal grouping.

Supports split between 26 buildings and 15 pylons.

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