Cell towers in Auriol (Bouches-du-Rhône)

2 camouflaged "tree" pylons and 10 pylons and 2 buildings carry the commune's antennas.

Declared locations include La Gastaude Est, Le Pont de Joux, Les Lagets, Vallon D'Aurengue, 17 Avenue Michèle Pourchier and La Coutronne.

11 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on one existing mast. New: Free Mobile (3G and 4G) at Colline de Bassan. 9 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 46 m pylon at La Coutronne as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 24 m.

2013 was the busiest year, with 23 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with SFR in December 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, Bouygues Telecom followed in July 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

Supports leave a gap of about 2.7 km to the south of the centre. Most declared azimuths point outward, along a corridor or valley rather than at the centre.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by SFR on 4 of its 6 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 6 masts, Free Mobile on 3 of its 5 masts and Orange on 3 of its 5 masts.

Nearby, Roquevaire (3.4 km to the south-west) has a church or religious building among its supports.

Of the 14 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Bouygues Telecom is the only carrier on 4 masts.

13,037 residents over 45 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence intercommunal grouping.

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