Cell towers in Pontarlier (Doubs)

Place names on the register include Chapelle de l'Espérance, place Villingen Schwenningen, Rue Pierre Dechanet, Fort Larmont, 24 rue de la Libération and Rue Maurice Cordier.

ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 1 Avenue du Stade and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 1 Avenue du Stade. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 54 m pylon at Fort Larmont as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 31 m.

2021 was the busiest year, with 30 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Orange followed in December 2021, SFR followed in July 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2000.

Of the 10 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 3 masts.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 5 of its 6 masts, Free Mobile on 4 of its 5 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 2 of its 4 masts and SFR on 2 of its 4 masts.

Villers-le-Lac lies 30 km to the north-east and has only 5 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 4.8 km to the east of the centre.

By mast count, Pontarlier is 4th of the 9 Doubs towns that have five or more. With 10 masts for 18,067 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

18,067 residents over 41 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CC du Grand Pontarlier intercommunal grouping.

Most of the town's 10 masts are pylons (9).

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