Cell towers in Vichy (Allier)

Place names on the register include Rue Antonin Mallat, 10 avenue Aristide Briand, Beauséjour, 21 rue du Vernet, 23/25 rue du Vernet and 27 avenue de Gramont.

ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 11 Avenue du Lac D'Allier. 12 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2016 was the busiest year, with 50 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in September 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1999.

15 of the 17 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 41 m at 2 Rue du Président Wilson (building). The median height of measured supports is 27 m.

Of the 17 masts in the commune, Orange is the only carrier on 8 masts.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on all 6 masts, Orange on 6 of its 8 masts, SFR on all 6 masts and Free Mobile on all 4 masts.

Nearby, Thiers (32 km to the south) has 14 masts declared.

At 6 km² with 25,115 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CA Vichy Communauté intercommunal grouping.

Supports split between 15 buildings and 2 pylons.

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