Cell towers in Vendays-Montalivet (Gironde)

2 water towers and 6 pylons carry the commune's antennas.

Masts stand at La Bruyere, Luscla, 949 Avenue Jean Moulin, 220 Avenue de l'Europe, 71 rue le Bourg and Lede de Montalivet.

The highest support stands 55 m at 71 rue le Bourg (water tower). The median is 43 m, above the Gironde median of 36 m.

Systems from 1997 are still on the register. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in December 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in December 2021. 2016 was the busiest year, with 24 new systems, most of them 4G.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 8 new systems here. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 2 existing masts, for example Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at La Bruyere and SFR (3G 900 MHz) at Luscla. 6 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Among the 62 Gironde towns with at least five masts, Vendays-Montalivet ranks 38th by mast count. With 8 masts for 2,838 residents, or 28 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on all 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on all 3 masts, SFR on all 3 masts and Free Mobile on 2 of its 3 masts.

Hourtin lies 19 km to the south and has less 5G (78%).

Colocation covers 5 supports.

2,838 residents over 100 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops.

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