Cell towers in Ax-les-Thermes (Ariège)

Declared supports include 1 church or religious building, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Masts stand at Plateau de Bonascre, Tute de l'Ours, Les Saquets, Jasse de Mansèdre, rue Adolphe Authié and Bois des Planes.

2 masts belong to the commune itself and 2 to TDF; the rest sit mainly on private buildings.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in April 2021; SFR followed in September 2023, Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2023. 2016 was the busiest year, with 17 new systems, most of them 4G.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 10 new systems here. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Orange (4G and 5G) at Jasse de Mansèdre. 3 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is a 41 m church or religious building at rue Adolphe Authié. The median height of measured supports is 32 m.

Only one mast carries all four networks; 4 supports carry only Orange.

Among the 5 Ariège towns with at least five masts, Ax-les-Thermes ranks 2nd by mast count.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on 3 of its 6 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 2 masts, Free Mobile on 1 of its 3 masts and SFR on 1 of its 2 masts.

Lavelanet lies 24 km to the north and has only 5 masts.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 1.9 km, to the south-west of the centre.

1,285 residents over 30 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.