Cell towers in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour (Landes)

Declared supports include 1 water tower, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Declared locations include Chioule, Moun Dou Bern, 84 rue de Paterne, Sablar and Lartigue.

Inventory: a 30 m pylon, at Chioule, for Orange; a 42 m pylon, at Moun Dou Bern, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 41 m water tower, at 84 rue de Paterne, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 33 m pylon, at Sablar, for Free Mobile; a 39 m pylon, at Lartigue, for Free Mobile.

ANFR lists a 42 m pylon at Moun Dou Bern as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 39 m.

2018 was the busiest year, with 9 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in March 2021; SFR followed in June 2024, Bouygues Telecom followed in July 2024. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2005.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 2 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at Moun Dou Bern and Orange (5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 84 rue de Paterne. 1 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitter is listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Nearby, Dax (13 km to the south-west) has 16 masts, more than here.

Supports leave a gap of about 3.6 km to the north-east of the centre.

Of the 5 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks.

By mast count, Pontonx-sur-l'Adour is 23rd of the 28 Landes towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 3,021 residents, or 17 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (12).

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