Cell towers in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande

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

Most of the town's 17 masts are pylons (8); 3 underground or tunnel sites make up the rest of the mix.

Declared locations include avenue Joseph Lebrix, Metro Stat St Jacques Gaite, Metro Station La_courrouze, rue de Rablais, Metro Station Tunnel T1 and 2 Rue Jacqueline Auriol.

14 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at La Providence. 10 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is a 36 m building at 58-68 Rue de la Pilate. The median is 27 m, slightly below the Ille-et-Vilaine median of 33 m.

The commune owns 3 of the 17 masts, Hivory owns 3.

2019 was the busiest year, with 35 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in March 2021, SFR followed in September 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2000.

Of the 17 masts in the commune, 3 masts carry all four networks.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by SFR on 6 of its 9 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 5 of its 8 masts, Free Mobile on 5 of its 8 masts and Orange on 4 of its 7 masts.

Chartres-de-Bretagne lies 3 km to the south and has only 9 masts.

By mast count, Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande is 5th of the 36 Ille-et-Vilaine towns that have five or more. With 17 masts for 13,800 residents, or 12 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

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