Cell towers in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime)

Declared supports include 5 water towers and 1 lighthouse or signal station, with buildings making up most of the remainder.

Declared locations include Terminal de France Traverse C, rue du Dr Postel, Le Cabaret, 101-103 Rue de Tourneville, Terminal de la Porte Océane and RTE de l'Estuaire.

56 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 14 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 19 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G and 5G) at 261 boulevard Jules Durand, Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at Chaussée du quai de la Moselle and Free Mobile (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 17 Rue du Lac. 83 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

94 of the 119 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 132 m at avenue D'Aplemont (pylon). The median height of measured supports is 25 m.

The commune owns 2 of the 119 masts, Totem owns 4.

2013 was the busiest year, with 246 new systems, most of them 4G. Bouygues Telecom opened 5G here in November 2020; Free Mobile followed in December 2020, Orange followed in January 2021. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1994.

Of the 119 masts in the commune, 6 masts carry all four networks, and SFR is the only carrier on 31 masts.

By mast count, Le Havre is 1st of the 30 Seine-Maritime towns that have five or more. With 119 masts for 166,687 residents, or 7 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (8).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by SFR on 41 of its 53 masts, Free Mobile on 37 of its 41 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 33 of its 52 masts and Orange on 25 of its 33 masts.

14 km to the south, neighbouring Trouville-sur-Mer has only 8 masts.

Supports leave a gap of about 1.6 km to the south-east of the centre.

At 53 km² with 166,687 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the CU Le Havre Seine Métropole intercommunal grouping.

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