Cell towers in Merignac (Gironde)

2 camouflaged "tree" pylons and 33 pylons, 23 buildings and 1 mast carry the commune's antennas.

Place names on the register include Avenue de Bourranville, 2 Allée des Conviviales, 45 avenue des Marronniers, avenue Robert Schumann, 121 Avenue de la Libération and 72 Bis Avenue de la Libération.

31 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 5 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 18 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 213 avenue Marcel Dassault, Free Mobile (4G) at Avenue de la Somme and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 18 Rue Marcelin Berthelot. 49 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 52 m building at avenue de Belfort as the tallest structure. The median is 26 m, slightly below the Gironde median of 36 m.

The commune owns 2 of the 59 masts, Totem owns 10.

2013 was the busiest year, with 174 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom opened 5G here in November 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, SFR followed in February 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1992.

Of the 59 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Merignac is 2nd of the 62 Gironde towns that have five or more. With 59 masts for 78,090 residents, or 8 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 21 of its 28 masts, Free Mobile on 21 of its 24 masts, Orange on 21 of its 24 masts and SFR on 18 of its 20 masts.

Nearby, Le Haillan (4.1 km to the north-west) has only 10 masts.

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