Cell towers in Quimper (Finistère)

Place names on the register include rue du Couëdic, Le Grand Guelen, Kerrivoal, Villeneuve le Petit, 11 Rue du Poher and 3 rue Jules Verne.

53 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 11 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 3 Allée Pierre Jolivet. 28 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 96 m pylon at Croaz Caër as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

The commune owns 3 of the 43 masts, Totem owns 10.

2021 was the busiest year, with 96 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2021, SFR followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

Of the 43 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 12 masts.

By mast count, Quimper is 2nd of the 38 Finistère towns that have five or more. With 43 masts for 64,385 residents, or 7 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 17 of its 22 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 13 of its 19 masts, SFR on 12 of its 17 masts and Free Mobile on 9 of its 16 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 1.9 km to the north-west of the centre.

Nearby, Ergue-Gaberic (5.5 km to the east) has only 6 masts.

Supports split between 27 pylons and 16 buildings.

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