Cell towers in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne)

3 water towers and 22 pylons, 8 buildings and 1 radio relay tower carry the commune's antennas.

Declared locations include 28 - 28 B avenue des Muriers, Les Graullies Basses, Villebourbon, rue Léo Lagrange, 130 impasse Beau de Rochas and Lalande Haute et Chaume.

30 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 6 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 6 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 250 Impasse des Grouilles, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 451 Avenue D'Italie / Impasse de Malte and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 974 Chemin des Caussades. 17 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2016 was the busiest year, with 65 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in October 2021, SFR followed in January 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

ANFR lists a 90 m radio relay tower at Signal de le Fau as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

Of the 34 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 12 masts.

By mast count, Montauban is 1st of the 7 Tarn-et-Garonne towns that have five or more. With 34 masts for 62,945 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 17 of its 18 masts, Free Mobile on 12 of its 17 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 8 of its 10 masts and SFR on 8 of its 10 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 3.5 km to the south of the centre.

Bressols lies 5.7 km to the south and has only 7 masts.

62,945 residents over 136 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA Grand Montauban intercommunal grouping.

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