Cell towers in La Madeleine (Nord)

Most of the town's 10 masts are buildings (6); 1 water tower make up the rest of the mix.

Masts stand at rue du Général de Gaulle, 10 Av. Victor Hugo, 1 rue Constantine, 81 rue de Turenne, Rue Georges Pompidou and 33 Avenue Bernadette.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 16 new systems here. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 3 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 23 Allée Vauban. 7 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

Systems from 1997 are still on the register. Orange opened 5G here in November 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2020, Free Mobile followed in December 2020. 2021 was the busiest year, with 23 new systems, most of them 5G.

Most antennas sit on rooftops (6 of 10), so heights stay modest; the tallest support is 45 m at 10 Av. Victor Hugo.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on 5 of its 6 masts, Orange on 5 of its 6 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 3 of its 4 masts and SFR on 3 of its 5 masts.

Nearby, Lille (2 km to the south-west) has 261 masts, more than here.

Only one mast carries all four networks.

Among the 94 Nord towns with at least five masts, La Madeleine ranks 36th by mast count. With 10 masts for 21,790 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

At 3 km² with 21,790 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille intercommunal grouping.

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