Cell towers in Wattrelos (Nord)

Declared locations include Boulevard Pierre Mendes France, 6 Rue Joseph Marie Jacquard, St Lievin, 29 rue St Vincent de Paul, 47 boulevard Léon Jouhaux and 17 rue du Président Vincent Auriol.

9 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved one new site that is not live yet, plus additions on 5 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 8 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 8 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau. 18 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

2021 was the busiest year, with 75 new systems, most of them 5G. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in December 2020; SFR followed in March 2021, Bouygues Telecom followed in April 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1997.

The highest support stands 63 m at 47 boulevard Léon Jouhaux (building). The median height of measured supports is 30 m.

Of the 19 masts in the commune, 3 masts carry all four networks.

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by Free Mobile on all 9 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 8 of its 10 masts, Orange on all 8 masts and SFR on 4 of its 9 masts.

Nearby, Leers (2.8 km to the south-east) has only 10 masts.

By mast count, Wattrelos is 12th of the 94 Nord towns that have five or more. With 19 masts for 40,847 residents, or 5 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (9).

Supports split between 11 pylons and 8 buildings.

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