Cell towers in Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives (Calvados)

Declared supports include 2 water towers, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Declared locations include La Grande Sente, Le Haut D'Ecots, La Minerale, Les Hautes Crières, Chemin de Meautry and Donville.

Inventory: a 30 m pylon, at La Grande Sente, for Orange; a 38 m pylon, at Le Haut D'Ecots, for Orange; a 35 m pylon, at La Minerale, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 27 m water tower, at Les Hautes Crières, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 33 m water tower, at Chemin de Meautry, for Free Mobile; a 42 m pylon, at Donville, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR.

The highest support stands 42 m at Donville (pylon). The median height of measured supports is 34 m.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 2 of its 3 masts, SFR on 2 of its 3 masts and Orange on 1 of its 3 masts. Free Mobile only has 5G on 700 MHz — longer reach, lower speed. 67% of the town's masts carry 5G, fewer than across Calvados towns with five or more masts (88%).

2021 was the busiest year, with 15 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 October 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2004.

17 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Bouygues Telecom (3G 900 MHz) at La Minerale and SFR (3G 900 MHz) at La Minerale. 5 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Supports leave a gap of about 4 km to the south-east of the centre.

Nearby, Giberville (26 km to the north-west) has a higher 5G share (100%).

Of the 6 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks.

By mast count, Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives is 15th of the 20 Calvados towns that have five or more. With 6 masts for 7,100 residents, or 8 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

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