Cell towers in Ares (Gironde)

Most of the town's 5 masts are pylons (2); 1 water tower and 1 camouflaged "tree" pylon make up the rest of the mix.

Declared locations include 14b Boulevard Javal, Les Lugées, La Grande Lande and place du Cap Lande.

Inventory: a 30 m camouflaged "tree" pylon, at 14b Boulevard Javal, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 25 m pylon, at Les Lugées, for Orange; a 42 m pylon, at La Grande Lande, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 57 m water tower, at place du Cap Lande, for Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR; a 13 m building, for Free Mobile.

ANFR lists a 57 m water tower at place du Cap Lande as the tallest structure. The median is 30 m, slightly below the Gironde median of 36 m.

2022 was the busiest year, with 21 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Orange followed in May 2021, SFR followed in February 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on all 3 masts, Free Mobile on all 3 masts, Orange on all 3 masts and SFR on all 3 masts.

9.9 km to the south-east, neighbouring Lanton has 12 masts, more than here.

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

Of the 5 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks.

By mast count, Ares is 54th of the 62 Gironde towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 6,482 residents, or 8 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

Of the 98 systems declared here, 24 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).