Cell towers in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

Most of the town's 54 masts are buildings (38); 2 churches or religious buildings and 1 camouflaged "tree" pylon make up the rest of the mix.

Antennas are listed at Rue de la République, Stade du Hameau, 1 place de la Republique/rue Carnot, 2 rue Maurice Ravel, 19 Rue Henri Faisans and 4 boulevard Hauterive.

11 masts belong to the commune itself and 4 to Hivory; the rest sit mainly on private buildings.

Systems from 1999 are still on the register. Orange switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, SFR followed in August 2021. 2021 was the busiest year, with 171 new systems, most of them 4G.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 50 new systems here. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 8 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G) at 10 rue Jacques Terrier, Bouygues Telecom (5G 3.5 GHz) at 5 rue Baudon and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Eglise Notre-Dame. 41 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Most antennas sit on rooftops (38 of 54), so heights stay modest; the tallest support is 70 m at rue Henri 4.

3 masts carry all four networks.

Among the 17 Pyrénées-Atlantiques towns with at least five masts, Pau ranks 1st by mast count.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on all 24 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 18 of its 23 masts, Orange on 18 of its 22 masts and SFR on 18 of its 23 masts.

Lons lies 4.5 km to the west and has only 7 masts.

At 31 km² with 80,441 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées intercommunal grouping.

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