Cell towers in Tournus (Saône-et-Loire)

Declared locations include Hotel le Sauvage, L'Ormeteau, 1 Rue des Castors and 16 quai de Verdun.

Inventory: an 18 m building, at Hotel le Sauvage, for Orange; a 20 m pylon, at L'Ormeteau, for Orange; a 25 m pylon, at L'Ormeteau, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 17 m building, at 1 Rue des Castors, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 21 m building, at 16 quai de Verdun, for Free Mobile.

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

The tallest structure is a 25 m pylon at L'Ormeteau. The median is 20 m, slightly below the Saône-et-Loire median of 30 m.

2022 was the busiest year, with 16 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in February 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in February 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

By mast count, Tournus is 19th of the 19 Saône-et-Loire towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 5,701 residents, or 9 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

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 2 masts.

22 km to the north, neighbouring Saint-Remy has a water tower among its supports.

Most of the town's 5 masts are buildings (3).

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