Cell towers in Villers-le-Lac (Doubs)

Antennas are listed at Cerneux à la Claude, 32 Rue Notre Dame des Neiges and Tilles du Barre.

The declared supports are a 37 m pylon, at Cerneux à la Claude, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 33 m pylon, at 32 Rue Notre Dame des Neiges, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 35 m pylon, at Tilles du Barre, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 12 m building, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in March 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2022. 2016 was the busiest year, with 16 new systems, most of them 4G.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Free Mobile (4G 800 MHz) at 32 Rue Notre Dame des Neiges. 2 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 5 masts, Free Mobile on 1 of its 3 masts, Orange on 1 of its 2 masts and SFR on 1 of its 5 masts. 5G is on 40% of masts here, against 86% across Doubs towns with five or more masts.

ANFR lists a 37 m pylon at Cerneux à la Claude as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 33 m.

2 masts carry all four networks.

Among the 9 Doubs towns with at least five masts, Villers-le-Lac ranks 9th by mast count.

2 masts belong to TDF.

30 km to the south-west, neighbouring Pontarlier has 10 masts, more than here.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 3 km, to the north-east of the centre.

3 pylons and 2 buildings carry the commune's antennas.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.