Cell towers in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées)

Most of the town's 21 masts are buildings (17); 1 church or religious building make up the rest of the mix.

Masts stand at Centre Hospitalier de Bigorre, 22 avenue Aristide Briand, 8 Rue Rol-Tanguy, Avenue Pierre de Coubertin, 38 avenue Maréchal Joffre and 3 Rue de l'Adour.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 22 new systems here. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 5 existing masts. New: Orange (3G, 4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 6 Chemin de Bastillac. 16 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1999 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in November 2021, Orange followed in November 2021. 2021 was the busiest year, with 61 new systems, most of them 4G.

Most antennas sit on rooftops (17 of 21), so heights stay modest; the tallest support is 62 m at 52 rue Galiane.

Among the 9 Hautes-Pyrénées towns with at least five masts, Tarbes ranks 1st by mast count. With 21 masts for 44,399 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (14).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on 10 of its 11 masts, Free Mobile on all 9 masts, Bouygues Telecom on all 8 masts and SFR on all 8 masts.

2.8 km to the east, neighbouring Semeac has only 5 masts.

Only one mast carries all four networks; 6 supports carry only Orange.

At 15 km² with 44,399 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées intercommunal grouping.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.