Cell towers in Marseille 01 (Bouches-du-Rhône)

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

Declared supports include 8 underground or tunnel sites, with buildings making up most of the remainder.

Masts stand at Metro Cinq Avenue Longchamp, Metro Reformes-Canebiere, Metro Saint Charles, Marseille Thiers, 1 Arue Villeneuve and 1 rue Neuve St Martin.

Over the past 12 months ANFR recorded 34 new systems here. ANFR has approved 2 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 18 existing masts. New: SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 40 Rue des Dominicaines and SFR (4G and 5G, including 5G at 3.5 GHz) at 6 Boulevard de la Liberte. 25 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

8 masts belong to the commune itself; the rest sit mainly on private buildings.

Systems from 1996 are still on the register. Bouygues Telecom switched on the first 5G here in November 2020; Orange followed in November 2020, Free Mobile followed in December 2020. 2013 was the busiest year, with 172 new systems, most of them 4G.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: SFR on 10 of its 52 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 9 of its 19 masts, Free Mobile on 6 of its 14 masts and Orange on 6 of its 18 masts. 5G is on 40% of masts here, against 76% across Bouches-du-Rhône towns with five or more masts.

Most antennas sit on rooftops (67 of 75), so heights stay modest; the tallest support is 56 m at 1 rue Neuve St Martin.

36 supports carry only SFR.

Among the 92 Bouches-du-Rhône towns with at least five masts, Marseille 01 ranks 4th by mast count. With 75 masts for 37,599 residents, or 20 per 10,000, it has more masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

At 2 km² with 37,599 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.