Cell towers in Arras (Pas-de-Calais)

3 water towers and 20 buildings and 1 pylon carry the commune's antennas.

Declared locations include Citadelle Vauban, rue Lumiere, 1 place Courbet, rue G. Debray, 2911 rue Malpeaux and 125 Rue Meaulens.

The commune owns 3 of the 24 masts, Totem owns 1.

2021 was the busiest year, with 43 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Orange followed in December 2021, SFR followed in November 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1995.

23 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 5 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G 2100 MHz) at rue Lumiere, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 3 rue Jean Racine and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 24 Rue Braque. 6 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

20 of the 24 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 71 m at 3 rue Jean Racine (building). The median height of measured supports is 32 m.

Of the 24 masts in the commune, Orange is the only carrier on 9 masts.

By mast count, Arras is 3rd of the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns that have five or more. With 24 masts for 42,875 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Free Mobile on 9 of its 10 masts, Orange on 9 of its 11 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 9 masts and SFR on 3 of its 8 masts.

Angres lies 13 km to the north and has only 6 masts.

At 12 km² with 42,875 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CU d'Arras intercommunal grouping.

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