Cell towers in Saint-Gilles (Gard)

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

Masts stand at Aéroport de Nîmes, Rue des Cigales, 3887 Chemin des Loubes and RTE des Iscles.

The declared supports are a 27 m pylon, at Aéroport de Nîmes, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 65 m water tower, at Rue des Cigales, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR; a 24 m pylon, at 3887 Chemin des Loubes, for Orange; a 30 m pylon, for Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR; a 25 m pylon, at RTE des Iscles, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR.

Systems from 1996 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in March 2021; SFR followed in November 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2021. 2017 was the busiest year, with 25 new systems, most of them 4G.

ANFR lists a 65 m water tower at Rue des Cigales as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 26 m.

Among the 27 Gard towns with at least five masts, Saint-Gilles ranks 17th by mast count. With 6 masts for 14,734 residents, or 4 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 4 masts, Orange on 3 of its 4 masts, SFR on 3 of its 4 masts and Free Mobile on 1 of its 2 masts. 5G is on 100% of masts here, against 87% across Gard towns with five or more masts.

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

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 7.5 km, to the south of the centre.

10 km to the north, neighbouring Garons has less 5G (80%).

Only one mast carries all four networks.

Of the 103 systems declared here, 24 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).