Cell towers in Chateauroux (Indre)

Most of the town's 28 masts are buildings (14); 2 water towers and 1 church or religious building make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include Les Fadeaux, 75 Avenue de la Châtre, Pièce des Barres, Place Roger Couderc£, 304 Avenue de la Châtre and place de la Republique.

24 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 25 Rue de la Fontaine Saint-Germain. 18 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is a 62 m water tower at La Brauderie. The median is 32 m, slightly below the Indre median of 37 m.

The commune owns 3 of the 28 masts, Totem owns 5.

2021 was the busiest year, with 99 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in April 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1996.

By mast count, Chateauroux is 1st of the 7 Indre towns that have five or more. With 28 masts for 42,963 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on all 16 masts, Free Mobile on 10 of its 14 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 9 of its 10 masts and SFR on 9 of its 10 masts.

52 km to the west, neighbouring Le Blanc has only 5 masts.

Of the 28 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 8 masts.

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