Cell towers in Sainte-Marie-Plage

Declared locations include avenue de Las Illas, Camps Dels Prats, 36 Avenue des Dauphins, Les Carbonelles, 39bis Avenue des Marendes and Les Podadores.

2017 was the busiest year, with 16 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in February 2021; SFR followed in December 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in January 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2000.

The highest support stands 33 m at Les Podadores (pylon). The median is 18 m, slightly below the Pyrénées-Orientales median of 23 m.

Of the 7 masts in the commune, Orange is the only carrier on 3 masts.

Totem is the largest declared owner (3 masts), ahead of ATC France (1).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on all 3 masts, SFR on 2 of its 3 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 2 masts and Free Mobile on 1 of its 2 masts.

Canet-en-Roussillon lies 3.3 km to the south-west and has 17 masts, more than here.

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

Supports leave a gap of about 1.5 km to the west of the centre.

Supports split between 6 pylons and 1 mast.

Of the 76 systems declared here, 17 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).