Cell towers in Bitche (Moselle)

Masts stand at Rotenstich Durchschnitt, Freudenberg, Petit Kindelberg, Schoenberg Kontrollhauesel, 13 Rue de Haspelschiedt and Le Grand Kindelberg.

The tallest structure is a 50 m pylon at Le Schoenberg. The median is 41 m, above the Moselle median of 31 m.

Systems from 2000 are still on the register. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in March 2024, Bouygues Telecom followed in April 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 19 new systems, most of them 5G.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 19 new systems here. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G 2100 MHz) at Rotenstich Durchschnitt. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Among the 30 Moselle towns with at least five masts, Bitche ranks 11th by mast count. With 9 masts for 4,966 residents, or 18 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on 3 of its 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 4 masts, Free Mobile on 1 of its 3 masts and SFR on 1 of its 4 masts.

Nearby, Saverne (35 km to the south) has less 5G (43%).

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 1.5 km, to the south-west of the centre.

Colocation covers 5 supports.

4,966 residents over 41 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops.

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