Cell towers in Cholet (Maine-et-Loire)

Declared locations include Le Champ de l'Avoine, La Godinière, Grand Champ, Le Champ de la Fontaine, 1 Allée des Pinsons and 12 Avenue des Calins.

ANFR lists a 70 m pylon at Ch Rural des Landes de Bel Air as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 33 m.

2021 was the busiest year, with 79 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2021, SFR followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

62 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 11 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 1 avenue Maudet, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Grand Champ and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at La Godinière. 20 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 38 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks, and Free Mobile is the only carrier on 10 masts.

By mast count, Cholet is 2nd of the 25 Maine-et-Loire towns that have five or more. With 38 masts for 54,404 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (14).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Free Mobile on 16 of its 19 masts, Orange on 13 of its 15 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 7 of its 15 masts and SFR on 7 of its 15 masts. 97% of the town's masts carry 5G, more than across Maine-et-Loire towns with five or more masts (84%).

Supports leave a gap of about 1.9 km to the south-west of the centre.

Les Herbiers lies 23 km to the south-west and has only 9 masts.

Supports split between 20 pylons and 18 buildings.

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