Cell towers in Bouaye (Loire-Atlantique)

Place names on the register include Les Champs D' Avaux, Bellestre, La Brosse, Corbon, Les Fretieres and RTE de Bouguenais.

Inventory: a 27 m pylon, at Les Champs D' Avaux, for Orange; a 34 m pylon, at Bellestre, for Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile; a 40 m pylon, at La Brosse, for Orange; a 38 m pylon, at Corbon, for Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile; a 33 m pylon, at Les Fretieres, for Bouygues Telecom and Free Mobile; a 45 m pylon, at RTE de Bouguenais, for Orange and SFR.

The highest support stands 45 m at RTE de Bouguenais (pylon). The median is 36 m, above the Loire-Atlantique median of 32 m.

No mast is operator-owned: Totem has 2, Cellnex has 2 and TDF has 1.

2019 was the busiest year, with 10 new systems, most of them 4G. SFR opened 5G here in April 2021; Bouygues Telecom followed in July 2021, Free Mobile followed in February 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 4 existing masts, for example Free Mobile (5G 700 MHz) at Corbon, Orange (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Bellestre and Orange (4G 700 MHz) at RTE de Bouguenais. 6 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

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

Port-Saint-Pere lies 4.7 km to the west and has a church or religious building among its supports.

Of the 6 masts in the commune, 4 of the 6 masts host at least two operators.

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