Cell towers in Begles (Gironde)

Declared locations include rue de la Commune de Paris, rue Joseph Kosma - rue Marcel Duhamel, 2 Rue des Secheries, rue des Frères Lumière, 19 avenue du Hourquet and rue Hippolyte Tandonnet.

15 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 6 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 42 Rue Ferdinand Buisson and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Cap D Angle. 11 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

12 of the 16 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 36 m at rue de la Commune de Paris (building). The median is 22 m, slightly below the Gironde median of 36 m.

2013 was the busiest year, with 31 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Bouygues Telecom in November 2020; SFR followed in February 2021, Orange followed in March 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

By mast count, Begles is 13th of the 62 Gironde towns that have five or more. With 16 masts for 31,831 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 5 of its 7 masts, Orange on 5 of its 6 masts, SFR on all 5 masts and Free Mobile on 4 of its 5 masts.

Nearby, Talence (3 km to the west) has 33 masts, more than here.

Of the 16 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Bouygues Telecom is the only carrier on 4 masts.

At 11 km² with 31,831 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the Bordeaux Métropole intercommunal grouping.

Supports split between 12 buildings and 4 pylons.

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