Cell towers in Cauterets (Hautes-Pyrénées)

1 church or religious building and 4 pylons and 1 building carry the commune's antennas.

Declared locations include Pont D'Espagne, place Jean Moulin, Le Lys, Le Lis, Théâtre de la Nature and Catarrabe.

Inventory: a 12 m pylon, at Pont D'Espagne, for Orange; a 49 m church or religious building, at place Jean Moulin, for Orange; a 16 m building, at Le Lys, for Orange; a 12 m pylon, at Le Lis, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 45 m pylon, at Théâtre de la Nature, for Free Mobile; a 35 m pylon, at Catarrabe, for Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on all 2 masts, Orange on 2 of its 4 masts and SFR on all 2 masts. Free Mobile only has 5G on 700 MHz — longer reach, lower speed. 67% of the town's masts carry 5G, fewer than across Hautes-Pyrénées towns with five or more masts (84%).

The commune owns 3 of the 6 masts, TDF owns 2.

2023 was the busiest year, with 16 new systems, most of them 5G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in July 2021; Orange followed in June 2023, SFR followed in July 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 3 existing masts, for example Free Mobile (5G 3.5 GHz) at Théâtre de la Nature, Orange (4G) at Pont D'Espagne and Orange (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Le Lys. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 49 m church or religious building at place Jean Moulin as the tallest structure. The median is 26 m, slightly below the Hautes-Pyrénées median of 30 m.

Of the 6 masts in the commune, Orange is the only carrier on 3 masts.

By mast count, Cauterets is 6th of the 9 Hautes-Pyrénées towns that have five or more.

Nearby, Lourdes (24 km to the north) has 15 masts, more than here.

Supports leave a gap of about 3.4 km to the south-west of the centre.

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