Cell towers in Angouleme (Charente)

2 supports are declared underground, in a gallery or a tunnel. For questions about exposure, see the exposure guide.

Declared supports include 2 underground or tunnel sites and 1 church or religious building, with buildings making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include La Grande Garenne, La Chaume de Grelet, rue de Georgie, 15 Bis Rue de la Grand Fond, Petit Beauregard and rue de Saintes.

9 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 5 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 12 Rue Saint Michel A Angouleme, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 17 Rempart de Beaulieu and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 12 Rue Saint Michel A Angouleme. 22 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

16 of the 25 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 65 m at 1 Place de l'Hôtel de Ville (church or religious building). The median is 24 m, slightly below the Charente median of 31 m.

2021 was the busiest year, with 70 new systems, most of them 5G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in August 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in August 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1993.

Of the 25 masts in the commune, 3 masts carry all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 8 masts.

By mast count, Angouleme is 1st of the 13 Charente towns that have five or more. With 25 masts for 41,908 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (12).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 11 of its 12 masts, SFR on 11 of its 12 masts, Orange on 10 of its 13 masts and Free Mobile on 8 of its 10 masts.

3.5 km to the north-west, neighbouring Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente has only 8 masts.

At 22 km² with 41,908 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CA du Grand Angoulême intercommunal grouping.

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