Cell towers in Merlimont (Pas-de-Calais)

Declared supports include 1 camouflaged "tree" pylon, with pylons making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include rue Camille Delacroix, 206 Rue de la Mer, Place de la Gare, Rue de la Station, Rue Saint Josse and 397 rue du Touquet.

2022 was the busiest year, with 23 new systems, most of them 4G. Free Mobile opened 5G here in January 2021; SFR followed in September 2022, Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2022. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1999.

9 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. 4 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The highest support stands 36 m at avenue de Merlimont (pylon). The median is 25 m, slightly below the Pas-de-Calais median of 30 m.

Of the 7 masts in the commune, Orange is the only carrier on 3 masts.

By mast count, Merlimont is 36th of the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns that have five or more. With 7 masts for 3,342 residents, or 21 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

Totem is the largest declared owner (3 masts), ahead of Hivory (1).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Orange on all 4 masts, Bouygues Telecom on all 2 masts, Free Mobile on 2 of its 3 masts and SFR on all 2 masts.

Cucq lies 2.4 km to the north and has less 5G (86%).

Most declared azimuths point outward, along a corridor or valley rather than at the centre.

Of the 83 systems declared here, 21 are installed but not yet in commercial service (ANFR, as of October 2026).