Cell towers in Calais (Pas-de-Calais)

Most of the town's 35 masts are pylons (15); 3 water towers, 2 churches or religious buildings and 1 lighthouse or signal station make up the rest of the mix.

Place names on the register include rue Henri Guillaumet, 216 Rue du Mal de Lattre de Tassigny, Rue Clement Ader, rue de Toul, Avenue Antoine Saint Exupéry. and Le Pont du Leu.

24 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 10 existing masts. New: SFR (3G, 4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Rue du Nord. 27 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 70 m pylon at 246 rue Mollien as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 31 m.

The commune owns 6 of the 35 masts, Totem owns 4.

2016 was the busiest year, with 128 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; Orange followed in March 2022, SFR followed in November 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1992.

Of the 35 masts in the commune, 4 masts carry all four networks, and Orange is the only carrier on 10 masts.

By mast count, Calais is 1st of the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns that have five or more. With 35 masts for 67,571 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on 16 of its 18 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 12 of its 19 masts, Free Mobile on 12 of its 15 masts and SFR on 12 of its 19 masts.

Nearby, Coulogne (3.5 km to the south-east) has only 5 masts.

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