Cell towers in Villeneuve-les-Avignon (Gard)

Declared supports include 3 camouflaged "tree" pylons, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Declared locations include Montagne des Chèvres, Le Petit Montagné, Camping Municipal de la Laune, 27-29 Chem de Monteau, Colline des Mourgues and rue de la Monnaie.

ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at Chem de Safrus - Quartier Cabrion and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Chemin de Lozet. 3 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is a 33 m pylon at 35 Av. Pasteur. The median is 16 m, slightly below the Gard median of 25 m.

The commune owns 2 of the 15 masts, Totem owns 4.

2017 was the busiest year, with 22 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in January 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in February 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

Of the 15 masts in the commune, Orange is the only carrier on 5 masts.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by SFR on all 6 masts, Free Mobile on all 3 masts, Orange on 3 of its 5 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 2 masts.

Avignon lies 2.5 km to the south-east and has 121 masts, more than here.

By mast count, Villeneuve-les-Avignon is 4th of the 27 Gard towns that have five or more. With 15 masts for 13,148 residents, or 11 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (10).

13,148 residents over 18 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA du Grand Avignon (COGA) intercommunal grouping.

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