Cell towers in Pia (Pyrénées-Orientales)

Declared supports include 1 camouflaged "tree" pylon, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include Aire de Repos de Rivesaltes, 2 Rue du Réséda, 36 Chemin de l'Etang Long, Avenue Francois Cassagnes and Les Basses.

Inventory: a 45 m pylon, at Aire de Repos de Rivesaltes, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 20 m camouflaged "tree" pylon, at 2 Rue du Réséda, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 25 m pylon, at 36 Chemin de l'Etang Long, for Orange; a 27 m pylon, at Avenue Francois Cassagnes, for Free Mobile; a 24 m pylon, at Les Basses, for Orange.

ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on one existing mast. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 100 Rue Jean-Baptiste Biot and SFR (4G and 5G) at 100 Rue Jean-Baptiste Biot. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The highest support stands 45 m at Aire de Repos de Rivesaltes (pylon). The median height of measured supports is 25 m.

2016 was the busiest year, with 11 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Orange in March 2021; SFR followed in August 2021, Free Mobile followed in August 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1996.

By mast count, Pia is 16th of the 18 Pyrénées-Orientales towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 11,615 residents, or 4 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

Totem is the largest declared owner (2 masts), ahead of On Tower France (1).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on all 2 masts, Orange on all 2 masts, SFR on all 2 masts and Free Mobile on its only mast.

Nearby, Perpignan (5.6 km to the south) has 81 masts, more than here.

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