Cell towers in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

Masts stand at Bannwald, Haute Broque, Fishthal, Echery, 85 Rue Saint Louis and Côte des Cheneaux.

The tallest structure is a 42 m pylon at Bannwald. The median is 25 m, slightly below the Haut-Rhin median of 30 m.

No 3.5 GHz from Free Mobile here, only 700 MHz. 5G is on 25% of masts here, against 89% across Haut-Rhin towns with five or more masts.

Systems from 1998 are still on the register. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020. 2022 was the busiest year, with 12 new systems, most of them 4G.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 5 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G 2100 MHz) at Echery, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 5 Res les Genets and Free Mobile (4G 800 MHz) at Fishthal. 2 Free Mobile 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2 masts carry all four networks.

Among the 18 Haut-Rhin towns with at least five masts, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines ranks 9th by mast count. With 8 masts for 4,851 residents, or 16 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

4 masts belong to Hivory and 1 to Totem.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 2.6 km, to the west of the centre.

Orbey lies 13 km to the south and has a higher 5G share (50%).

Most of the town's 8 masts are pylons (5).

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