Cell towers in Canet-en-Roussillon

Declared supports include 3 water towers, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include Avenue General Delestrain, Voie des Flamants Roses, 132 boulevard Hippolyte Tixador, Avenue du Capitaine Delestrain - le Port, 139 avenue des Hauts de Canet and 2 Avenue les Balcons du Front de Mer.

37 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 6 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at 11 Voie de la Crouste and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Promenade de la Cote Vermeille. 15 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The commune owns 4 of the 17 masts, Totem owns 2.

2016 was the busiest year, with 62 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Orange followed in June 2021, SFR followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

The highest support stands 42 m at avenue de la Catalogne (water tower). The median is 18 m, slightly below the Pyrénées-Orientales median of 23 m.

Of the 17 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Canet-en-Roussillon is 3rd of the 18 Pyrénées-Orientales towns that have five or more.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 7 of its 10 masts, Orange on all 7 masts, SFR on 7 of its 11 masts and Free Mobile on 5 of its 6 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 1.7 km to the west of the centre.

Sainte-Marie-Plage lies 3.3 km to the north-east and has only 7 masts.

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