Cell towers in Argeles (Pyrénées-Orientales)

Declared supports include 2 camouflaged "tree" pylons and 1 water tower, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Masts stand at Gourg de Nacraps, Cap Sud Plaisance, Les Albères, Mattes, Avenue de la Retirada 1939 and Mas Leclerc.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 25 new systems here. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Riviere de l'Abat and Orange (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Els Maters. 26 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Orange followed in June 2021, SFR followed in September 2021. 2016 was the busiest year, with 97 new systems, most of them 4G.

The highest support stands 36 m at Mattes (building). The median height of measured supports is 20 m.

Among the 18 Pyrénées-Orientales towns with at least five masts, Argeles ranks 2nd by mast count. With 27 masts for 10,616 residents, or 25 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: SFR on all 14 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 13 of its 14 masts, Orange on all 12 masts and Free Mobile on 8 of its 9 masts.

4.2 km to the west, neighbouring Sant Andreu de Sureda has only 6 masts.

Only one mast carries all four networks.

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