Cell towers in La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde)

Most of the town's 19 masts are pylons (12); 1 camouflaged "tree" pylon make up the rest of the mix.

Masts stand at Camping de la Dune, Bris, Pissens, Moulin Braouet, 4 Rue Gustave Loude and Jaumar.

The highest support stands 94 m at Camicas (pylon). The median is 32 m, slightly below the Gironde median of 36 m.

Systems from 1997 are still on the register. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in May 2021, SFR followed in August 2021. 2021 was the busiest year, with 49 new systems, most of them 5G.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 38 new systems here. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 4 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Le Vieux Pilat, Bouygues Telecom (5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Camicas and Free Mobile (5G 700 MHz) at Allee Santos Dumont. 12 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

5 masts carry all four networks; 6 supports carry only Orange.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on 10 of its 12 masts, Free Mobile on 8 of its 9 masts, SFR on 7 of its 10 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 6 of its 9 masts.

3.8 km to the north-west, neighbouring Arcachon has only 14 masts.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 3.3 km, to the south-west of the centre.

Among the 62 Gironde towns with at least five masts, La Teste-de-Buch ranks 8th by mast count. With 19 masts for 27,566 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

27,566 residents over 179 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS) intercommunal grouping.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.