Cell towers in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

3 supports are declared underground, in a gallery or a tunnel. For questions about exposure, see the exposure guide.

Most of the town's 216 masts are buildings (163); 10 churches or religious buildings, 3 underground or tunnel sites, 2 water towers, 2 silos and 1 historic monument make up the rest of the mix.

Declared locations include Grossneugebreit, Route D'Oberhausbergen, 17 Rue de la Nuée Bleue, 4 rue Charles Friedel, avenue de l'Europe and La Petite France.

135 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 23 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 74 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (3G, 4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 180 Route des Romains, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 67a-67b RTE des Romains and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz). 160 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

163 of the 216 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 115 m at place de Bordeaux (pylon). The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

The commune owns 12 of the 216 masts, Totem owns 9.

2013 was the busiest year, with 578 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom opened 5G here in November 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, Orange followed in January 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

Of the 216 masts in the commune, 10 masts carry all four networks.

By mast count, Strasbourg is 1st of the 23 Bas-Rhin towns that have five or more. With 216 masts for 293,771 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 74 of its 91 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 63 of its 106 masts, SFR on 59 of its 71 masts and Free Mobile on 49 of its 66 masts.

Schiltigheim lies 2.6 km to the north and has only 20 masts.

At 78 km² with 293,771 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the Eurométropole de Strasbourg intercommunal grouping.

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