Cell towers in Bourges (Cher)

Most of the town's 45 masts are pylons (25); 3 churches or religious buildings and 1 water tower make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include Les Prés du Moulon, 47 Rue Camille Desmoulins, Le Noir à Beurat, rue Heurtault de Lamerville, 115 Bis Rue Louis Mallet and Les Goulevents.

62 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 15 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 242 Rue de la Rottée, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 4 Rue de la Charité and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 242 Rue de la Rottée. 33 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is an 85 m pylon at 224 rue Louis Mallet. The median height of measured supports is 31 m.

The commune owns 4 of the 45 masts, Totem owns 5.

2021 was the busiest year, with 104 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in April 2021, SFR followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

Of the 45 masts in the commune, 3 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Bourges is 1st of the 8 Cher towns that have five or more. With 45 masts for 64,186 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 19 of its 23 masts, Free Mobile on 18 of its 19 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 14 of its 22 masts and SFR on 13 of its 21 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 1.7 km to the north of the centre.

Nearby, Saint-Doulchard (4.3 km to the north-west) has only 6 masts.

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