Cell towers in Saint-Raphael (Var)

Most of the town's 38 masts are buildings (22); 1 street furniture make up the rest of the mix.

Masts stand at Ccal E. Leclerc, Route de la Corniche D'Or, Le Grand Defends, Le Petit Defens, Les Collines de Valescure and Valescure.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 32 new systems here. ANFR has approved 5 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 7 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G) at quai Amiral Nomy, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 70 rue Henri Vadon and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 112 Rue Paul Verlaine. 24 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1994 are still on the register. Free Mobile opened 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in July 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in January 2022. 2022 was the busiest year, with 71 new systems, most of them 5G.

ANFR lists a 72 m radio relay tower at Pic de l'Ours as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 20 m.

2 masts carry all four networks; 12 supports carry only Orange.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Bouygues Telecom on 11 of its 18 masts, Free Mobile on 11 of its 12 masts, SFR on 11 of its 18 masts and Orange on 9 of its 17 masts. 5G is on 68% of masts here, against 83% across Var towns with five or more masts.

Nearby, Frejus (3.3 km to the west) has 50 masts, more than here.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 2.1 km, to the north-east of the centre.

Among the 58 Var towns with at least five masts, Saint-Raphael ranks 5th by mast count. With 38 masts for 37,113 residents, or 10 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (12).

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.