Cell towers in Dourges (Pas-de-Calais)

Declared locations include La Biette, 2 rue de la Minoterie, rue Felix Faure, Pont A Sault, Le Rautoir and La Couture.

ANFR lists a 48 m pylon at RTE de Courrieres as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 32 m.

2019 was the busiest year, with 21 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom opened 5G here in April 2021; Free Mobile followed in November 2021, Orange followed in December 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1994.

12 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. Approved additions not yet in service are pending on 4 existing masts, for example Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at Le Marais de Dourges, Bouygues Telecom (3G 900 MHz) at 54 rue Lemaitre and Free Mobile (4G and 5G) at Le Rautoir. 7 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Of the 11 masts in the commune, Bouygues Telecom is the only carrier on 4 masts.

By mast count, Dourges is 12th of the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns that have five or more. With 11 masts for 6,139 residents, or 18 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on all 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 6 masts, Free Mobile on 3 of its 4 masts and SFR on its only mast.

Nearby, Noyelles-Godault (2.2 km to the south) has only 8 masts.

6,139 residents over 10 km²: supports are mostly pylons, not rooftops. It is part of the CA d'Hénin-Carvin intercommunal grouping.

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