Cell towers in Sauvian (Hérault)

Declared locations include Les Paillans, boulevard Charles de Gaulle, Font Vive, Rue des Tulipes and Bels Cers.

Inventory: a 30 m pylon, at Les Paillans, for Orange; a 23 m pylon, at boulevard Charles de Gaulle, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 26 m pylon, at Font Vive, for Orange; a 23 m pylon, at Rue des Tulipes, for Free Mobile; a 30 m pylon, at Bels Cers, for Free Mobile.

2016 was the busiest year, with 11 new systems, most of them 4G. Orange opened 5G here in December 2022; Free Mobile followed in March 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2005.

The tallest structure is a 30 m pylon at Les Paillans. The median is 26 m, above the Hérault median of 22 m.

By mast count, Sauvian is 30th of the 31 Hérault towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 5,608 residents, or 9 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (11).

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

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Free Mobile on all 2 masts and Orange on all 2 masts.

Valras-Plage lies 5.7 km to the south-east and has a higher 5G share (100%).

4 Free Mobile 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 38 systems declared here, 8 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).