Cell towers in Pignans (Var)

Place names on the register include L'Aubarède, Le Défends, Le Défend, Domaine de Cresson and Les Plaines.

Inventory: a 31 m pylon, at L'Aubarède, for Free Mobile; a 27 m pylon, at Le Défends, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 16 m pylon, at Le Défend, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 14 m pylon, at Domaine de Cresson, for Bouygues Telecom and SFR; a 25 m pylon, at Les Plaines, for Orange.

ANFR lists a 31 m pylon at L'Aubarède as the tallest structure. The median is 25 m, above the Var median of 19 m.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 2 of its 3 masts and SFR on 2 of its 3 masts. Free Mobile only has 5G on 700 MHz — longer reach, lower speed.

2023 was the busiest year, with 20 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in January 2023, Bouygues Telecom followed in January 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 2003.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Free Mobile (4G) at L'Aubarède. 5 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

TDF is the largest declared owner (2 masts), ahead of Hivory (1).

Nearby, Gonfaron (5.5 km to the north-east) has 5 masts declared.

Of the 5 masts in the commune, 3 of the 5 masts host at least two operators.

By mast count, Pignans is 55th of the 58 Var towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 4,838 residents, or 10 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (12).

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