Cell towers in Sainte-Maxime (Var)

Declared supports include 2 camouflaged "tree" pylons, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include La Nartelle, ZAC du Golf, Basse Suane, Avenue du 18 Mai 1945, La Croisette and avenue Gaston Rebuffat.

2016 was the busiest year, with 57 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in June 2021, SFR followed in March 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

33 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 6 existing masts, for example Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at Peygros, Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at La Croisette and Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at Avenue du 18 Mai 1945. 18 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 36 m pylon at Basse Suane as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 17 m.

Of the 25 masts in the commune, 3 masts carry all four networks.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 8 of its 14 masts, SFR on 8 of its 13 masts, Orange on 7 of its 12 masts and Free Mobile on 4 of its 10 masts.

4.6 km to the south, neighbouring Saint-Tropez has less 5G (46%).

Supports leave a gap of about 1.6 km to the north-west of the centre.

By mast count, Sainte-Maxime is 9th of the 58 Var towns that have five or more. With 25 masts for 14,118 residents, or 18 per 10,000, it has more 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.