Cell towers in Urrugne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

Most of the town's 15 masts are pylons (13); 1 church or religious building make up the rest of the mix.

Declared locations include Lissaritz, Mont du Calvaire Kalbarioa, Marku, Laburénia, Erreka and Kechiloa.

10 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Kalitxoa. 10 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 41 m pylon at Mont du Calvaire Kalbarioa as the tallest structure. The median is 26 m, slightly below the Pyrénées-Atlantiques median of 29 m.

2021 was the busiest year, with 49 new systems, most of them 5G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in January 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in August 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

By mast count, Urrugne is 5th of the 17 Pyrénées-Atlantiques towns that have five or more. With 15 masts for 10,661 residents, or 14 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (7).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on all 8 masts, SFR on 6 of its 7 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 4 of its 7 masts and Free Mobile on 3 of its 6 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 3.7 km to the south of the centre.

4.2 km to the north-east, neighbouring Saint-Jean-de-Luz has only 11 masts.

Of the 15 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks.

10,661 residents over 52 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA du Pays Basque intercommunal grouping.

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