Cell towers in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée)

Most of the town's 37 masts are pylons (24); 2 water towers and 1 church or religious building make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include impasse Entre les Rues Joseph Barat / Gaborit, Le Moulin des Chaussières, L'Angelmière, Sainte Anne aux Grenouilles, boulevard Stéphane Moreau and La Vergne.

27 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 3 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 11 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 56 rue Cdt Raynal, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Les Oudairies and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at L'Heraudet. 17 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is an 81 m pylon at Les Landes. The median height of measured supports is 32 m.

The commune owns 5 of the 37 masts, Totem owns 9.

2021 was the busiest year, with 76 new systems, most of them 5G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in September 2021, SFR followed in October 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

By mast count, La Roche-sur-Yon is 1st of the 29 Vendée towns that have five or more. With 37 masts for 54,849 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (11).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 17 of its 19 masts, Free Mobile on 9 of its 18 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 8 of its 11 masts and SFR on 8 of its 10 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 2.5 km to the east of the centre.

Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse lies 18 km to the north and has only 5 masts.

Of the 37 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 10 masts.

54,849 residents over 88 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA La Roche-sur-Yon - Agglomération intercommunal grouping.

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