Cell towers in Lavelanet (Ariège)

Place names on the register include Prairie de Madame, Les Sartrous, La Coume and Montsec.

Inventory: a 35 m pylon, at Prairie de Madame, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 42 m pylon, at Les Sartrous, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 32 m pylon, at La Coume, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 24 m pylon, at Montsec, for Orange; a 39 m pylon, at Montsec, for Free Mobile.

ANFR lists a 42 m pylon at Les Sartrous as the tallest structure. The median is 35 m, above the Ariège median of 32 m.

2016 was the busiest year, with 14 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in August 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in August 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Free Mobile on all 3 masts, Orange on 2 of its 3 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 3 masts and SFR on 1 of its 3 masts. 100% of the town's masts carry 5G, more than across Ariège towns with five or more masts (84%).

Of the 5 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Lavelanet is 4th of the 5 Ariège towns that have five or more.

Totem is the largest declared owner (2 masts), ahead of TDF (1).

3 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Mirepoix lies 17 km to the north and has less 5G (80%).

Of the 76 systems declared here, 17 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).