Cell towers in Montpellier (Hérault)

2 supports are declared underground, in a gallery or a tunnel. For questions about exposure, see the exposure guide.

Most of the town's 252 masts are buildings (212); 6 water towers, 2 churches or religious buildings and 2 underground or tunnel sites make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include Centre Hospitalier Universitai, Tunnel de la Comédie, rue du Mas du Provençal, Bois de Mont Maur, rue du Pous de Las Sers and L'Odysséum.

150 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 18 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 93 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 50 avenue Agropolis, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 550 Avenue de Fes and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 1151 rue du Pas du Loup. 136 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The commune owns 23 of the 252 masts, Hivory owns 7.

2013 was the busiest year, with 550 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Bouygues Telecom in November 2020; Orange followed in November 2020, SFR followed in December 2020. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

212 of the 252 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 120 m at 760 rue des Grezes (radio relay tower). The median height of measured supports is 20 m.

Of the 252 masts in the commune, 10 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Montpellier is 1st of the 31 Hérault towns that have five or more. With 252 masts for 310,240 residents, or 8 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (11).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 101 of its 108 masts, Free Mobile on 66 of its 73 masts, SFR on 66 of its 89 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 59 of its 89 masts.

Nearby, Castelnau-le-Lez (3.4 km to the north-east) has only 19 masts.

At 57 km² with 310,240 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole intercommunal grouping.

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