Cell towers in La Gaude (Alpes-Maritimes)

Most of the town's 16 masts are pylons (10); 3 camouflaged "tree" pylons and 1 water tower make up the rest of the mix.

Declared locations include 1336 rue de Gattières, La Puade de Colombet, Allée Hector Pintus, 158 Chemin Sainte Petronille, Les Canebiers and Val Estrech.

ANFR has approved 3 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at Vieux Chemin de Cagnes A la Gaude, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Montgros and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 1357 Chemin Hugues Berenguier. 12 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2018 was the busiest year, with 30 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Bouygues Telecom in November 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, SFR followed in July 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

ANFR lists a 28 m pylon at Val Estrech as the tallest structure. The median is 14 m, slightly below the Alpes-Maritimes median of 19 m.

Of the 16 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks, and Bouygues Telecom is the only carrier on 5 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 2.2 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 Bouygues Telecom on all 6 masts, Free Mobile on all 4 masts, SFR on 4 of its 6 masts and Orange on 3 of its 4 masts.

La Colle-sur-Loup lies 5.6 km to the south-west and has only 6 masts.

By mast count, La Gaude is 15th of the 41 Alpes-Maritimes towns that have five or more. With 16 masts for 7,265 residents, or 22 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

7,265 residents over 13 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur intercommunal grouping.

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