Cell towers in Marcq-en-Baroeul (Nord)

4 camouflaged "tree" pylons and 13 buildings, 6 pylons and 1 water tower carry the commune's antennas.

Declared locations include 54 Av. du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 31 rue de Menin, ZI de la Pilaterie, rue des Rouges Barres - Pk 3.7, Parc Europe and Haut Mont - Gheste Hameau.

25 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 7 existing masts. New: Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Parc des Rouges Barres. 20 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

ANFR lists a 106 m pylon at ZI de la Pilaterie as the tallest structure. The median height of measured supports is 28 m.

2019 was the busiest year, with 63 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom opened 5G here in November 2020; Orange followed in November 2020, Free Mobile followed in December 2020. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Bouygues Telecom on 9 of its 11 masts, SFR on 9 of its 10 masts, Orange on 8 of its 9 masts and Free Mobile on all 7 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 1.7 km to the north-east of the centre.

Marquette-lez-Lille lies 1.6 km to the north-west and has only 10 masts.

Of the 24 masts in the commune, only one mast carries all four networks.

By mast count, Marcq-en-Baroeul is 8th of the 94 Nord towns that have five or more. With 24 masts for 40,184 residents, or 6 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

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