Cell towers in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

Most of the town's 37 masts are buildings (18); 1 water tower, 1 church or religious building and 1 street furniture make up the rest of the mix.

Declared locations include 13 avenue de l'Interne Jacques Loeb, 2 B avenue de Jouandin, 4 B Av. de Jouandin, Hospice de Camp de Prats, Résidence Ederrena - 22 Avenue Maréchal Harrispe and Beyris.

32 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 6 existing masts. New: SFR (3G, 4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 23 Chemin de Saint-Bernard. 23 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The commune owns 4 of the 37 masts, Totem owns 3.

2021 was the busiest year, with 89 new systems, most of them 5G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in December 2020, Bouygues Telecom followed in June 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

The highest support stands 52 m at Beyris (water tower). The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

Of the 37 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 11 masts.

By mast count, Bayonne is 2nd of the 17 Pyrénées-Atlantiques towns that have five or more.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 16 of its 17 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 11 of its 13 masts, Free Mobile on all 10 masts and SFR on 8 of its 12 masts.

Anglet lies 3.8 km to the west and has a camouflaged "tree" pylon among its supports.

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