Cell towers in Lille (Nord)

47 supports are declared underground, in a gallery or a tunnel. For questions about exposure, see the exposure guide.

47 underground or tunnel sites and 183 buildings, 26 pylons and 2 churches or religious buildings carry the commune's antennas.

Masts stand at 14 boulevard du Président Hoover, Métro Maison des Enfts Pk2485, Angle Rues Van Hende et Epinal, Metro St Maurice Pellevoisin, Metro L2-Port de Lille and 22 avenue du Peuple Belge.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 154 new systems here. ANFR has approved 14 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 68 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at rue du Grand But, Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at Centre Commercial Lillenium and Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G). 119 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

3 masts belong to the commune itself and 7 to Totem; the rest sit mainly on private buildings.

Systems from 1997 are still on the register. Bouygues Telecom switched on the first 5G here in January 2021; SFR followed in March 2021, Orange followed in June 2021. 2013 was the busiest year, with 571 new systems, most of them 4G.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Free Mobile on 65 of its 103 masts, Orange on 64 of its 118 masts, SFR on 51 of its 124 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 50 of its 119 masts. 5G is on 65% of masts here, against 83% across Nord towns with five or more masts.

Most antennas sit on rooftops (183 of 261), so heights stay modest; the tallest support is 95 m at boulevard de Turin.

33 masts carry all four networks.

Among the 94 Nord towns with at least five masts, Lille ranks 1st by mast count. With 261 masts for 238,246 residents, or 11 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

La Madeleine lies 2 km to the north-east and has only 10 masts.

At 35 km² with 238,246 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.