Cell towers in Vielle-Saint-Girons (Landes)

Declared supports include 1 water tower, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Declared locations include Las Barcottes, Hillic, Les Peupliers and Route de Benedit.

Inventory: a 44 m pylon, at Las Barcottes, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 35 m water tower, at Hillic, for Orange; a 45 m pylon, at Les Peupliers, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 37 m pylon, at Route de Benedit, for Free Mobile and Orange.

The highest support stands 76 m (pylon). The median is 44 m, above the Landes median of 37 m.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on all 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 2 of its 3 masts and SFR on 2 of its 3 masts. Free Mobile only has 5G on 700 MHz — longer reach, lower speed.

2022 was the busiest year, with 19 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in May 2021; SFR followed in February 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in October 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1999.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Las Barcottes. 5 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 5 masts in the commune, 2 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Vielle-Saint-Girons is 27th of the 28 Landes towns that have five or more.

Supports leave a gap of about 2.8 km to the south-west of the centre. Most declared azimuths point outward, along a corridor or valley rather than at the centre.

Castets lies 14 km to the south-east and has 8 masts, more than here.

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