Cell towers in Royan (Charente-Maritime)

1 water tower and 7 buildings and 4 pylons carry the commune's antennas.

Antennas are listed at 75 Av. du Dr Charcot, Belmont, Le Maine Arnaud, Parking quai de Monastir, 2 Allee du Grand Logis and 15 boulevard de la Perche.

ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 5 existing masts. New: SFR (4G and 5G) at 10 Bis Boulevard Frederic Garnier. 6 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists an 82 m pylon at Le Maine Arnaud as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

Systems from 1994 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in August 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2021. 2016 was the busiest year, with 30 new systems, most of them 4G.

2 masts carry all four networks; 4 supports carry only Orange.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on all 7 masts, Free Mobile on all 6 masts, SFR on 4 of its 5 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 4 masts.

Nearby, Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (3.5 km to the south-east) has only 7 masts.

Among the 20 Charente-Maritime towns with at least five masts, Royan ranks 4th by mast count. With 12 masts for 19,425 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (12).

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