Cell towers in Lestrem (Pas-de-Calais)

Declared supports include 1 water tower, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include La Fosse, 332 Rue des Graissieres, 2083 Route de Béthune, Rue de la Haute Loge and 1754 RTE de Béthune.

Inventory: a 45 m water tower, at La Fosse, for SFR; a 30 m pylon, at 332 Rue des Graissieres, for SFR; a 30 m pylon, at 2083 Route de Béthune, for Free Mobile; a 32 m pylon, at Rue de la Haute Loge, for Free Mobile; a 31 m pylon, at 1754 RTE de Béthune, for Bouygues Telecom and Orange.

ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 2 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (2G, 3G, 4G and 5G) at Le Dessus de l'Épinette and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at Le Paradis. 3 Free Mobile 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2020 was the busiest year, with 17 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile switched on the first 5G here in December 2020; SFR followed in April 2022, Orange followed in March 2023. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1998.

The tallest structure is a 45 m water tower at La Fosse. The median height of measured supports is 31 m.

By mast count, Lestrem is 60th of the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns that have five or more. With 5 masts for 5,009 residents, or 10 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by SFR on all 2 masts, Free Mobile on 1 of its 2 masts and Orange on its only mast.

Nearby, Steenwerck (11 km to the north-east) has less 5G (60%).

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