Cell towers in Bouguenais (Loire-Atlantique)

Most of the town's 22 masts are pylons (15); 1 water tower and 1 church or religious building make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include La Sausaie Neuve, rue Charles Lindbergh, La Gagnerie du Rolly, rue Christophe Colomb, Le Chaffault and place de l'Eglise.

29 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 3 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 3 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at La Grande Valle, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Rue Salvador Allende and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 1 Rue de la Tournelle. 16 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 50 m water tower at Les Bouches du Desert as the tallest structure. The median is 26 m, slightly below the Loire-Atlantique median of 32 m.

The commune owns 2 of the 22 masts, Cellnex owns 5.

2018 was the busiest year, with 47 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom switched on the first 5G here in November 2020; SFR followed in April 2021, Free Mobile followed in April 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 8 of its 10 masts, Free Mobile on 7 of its 8 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 6 of its 10 masts and SFR on all 6 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 1.6 km to the east of the centre.

Nearby, Saint-Herblain (4.1 km to the north-west) has 43 masts, more than here.

Of the 22 masts in the commune, 9 of the 22 masts host at least two operators.

By mast count, Bouguenais is 7th of the 65 Loire-Atlantique towns that have five or more. With 22 masts for 20,530 residents, or 11 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

20,530 residents over 31 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the Nantes Métropole intercommunal grouping.

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