Cell towers in Portvendres (Pyrénées-Orientales)

Declared supports include 1 historic monument, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include Torre de Madaloc, Cami de Coll Del Mig, rue Louis Dourou, place Castellane and Fort Bear.

Inventory: a 43 m historic monument, at Torre de Madaloc, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 16 m pylon, at Cami de Coll Del Mig, for Free Mobile; a 17 m building, at rue Louis Dourou, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 15 m building, at place Castellane, for Orange; a 20 m pylon, at Fort Bear, for Orange.

ANFR lists a 43 m historic monument at Torre de Madaloc as the tallest structure. The median is 17 m, slightly below the Pyrénées-Orientales median of 23 m.

2016 was the busiest year, with 15 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in June 2021, SFR followed in June 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

By mast count, Portvendres is 17th of the 18 Pyrénées-Orientales towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 4,018 residents, or 12 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

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

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on all 2 masts, Orange on all 2 masts, SFR on all 2 masts and Free Mobile on its only mast.

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

Supports leave a gap of about 3.8 km to the south-west of the centre.

Collioure lies 2 km to the west and has a water tower among its supports.

Of the 59 systems declared here, 14 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).