Cell towers in Arques (Pas-de-Calais)

2 water towers and 5 pylons, 2 buildings and 1 silo carry the commune's antennas.

Masts stand at Chateau de Batavia, ZAC des Frais Fonds Avenue Georges Brassens, Rue Julien Fardoux, avenue Général de Gaulle, rue de Lorraine and La Barne.

Systems from 1997 are still on the register. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; Orange followed in July 2022, SFR followed in May 2025. 2025 was the busiest year, with 12 new systems, most of them 5G.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 10 new systems here. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 3 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at rue de Lorraine, Free Mobile (5G 3.5 GHz) at Rue Julien Fardoux and Orange (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Chateau de Batavia. 1 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitter is listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The highest support stands 44 m at avenue Bernard Chochoy (water tower). The median is 33 m, above the Pas-de-Calais median of 30 m.

4 supports carry only Free Mobile.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on 3 of its 5 masts, Orange on 3 of its 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 3 masts and SFR on 1 of its 2 masts.

Blaringhem lies 8.5 km to the south-east and has only 5 masts.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 1.8 km, to the east of the centre.

Among the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns with at least five masts, Arques ranks 14th by mast count. With 10 masts for 9,431 residents, or 11 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

9,431 residents over 22 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA du Pays de Saint-Omer intercommunal grouping.

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