Cell towers in Cenon (Gironde)

Place names on the register include Rue Louis Blanc, 9 Avenue Président Vincent Auriol, Rue du Docteur Scweitzer, 5 Rue Camille Pelletan, 24 rue Marechal Joffre and 20 rue du 8 Mai 1945.

5 of the 8 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 38 m at Chem Pichelievre (pylon). The median is 22 m, slightly below the Gironde median of 36 m.

2018 was the busiest year, with 22 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom switched on the first 5G here in November 2020; Free Mobile followed in September 2021, Orange followed in May 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2000.

9 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 2 existing masts, for example Free Mobile (5G 700 MHz) at 9 Avenue Président Vincent Auriol and SFR (5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Chem Pichelievre. 9 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 8 masts in the commune, Free Mobile is the only carrier on 3 masts.

By mast count, Cenon is 35th of the 62 Gironde towns that have five or more. With 8 masts for 26,834 residents, or 3 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 4 of its 5 masts, Free Mobile on all 3 masts, Orange on 1 of its 2 masts and SFR on 1 of its 2 masts.

2.5 km to the north-east, neighbouring Lormont has 19 masts, more than here.

Most declared azimuths point outward, along a corridor or valley rather than at the centre.

At 6 km² with 26,834 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons.

Most of the town's 8 masts are buildings (5).

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