Cell towers in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes)

Supports leave a gap of about 2.1 km to the north-west of the centre. 15 supports are declared underground, in a gallery or a tunnel. For questions about exposure, see the exposure guide.

Declared supports include 15 underground or tunnel sites, 2 camouflaged "tree" pylons and 2 water towers, with buildings making up most of the remainder.

Place names on the register include Residence Saint Roch- Extensio, avenue du Maréchal Lyautey, rue J. Allègre, Stade Allianz Riviera, Residence Atelier du Paillon and Canta-Galet.

147 systems were switched on in the past 12 months. ANFR has approved 29 new sites that are not live yet, plus additions on 87 existing masts. New: Bouygues Telecom (4G 1800 MHz) at 10 rue Massena, Bouygues Telecom (4G 1800 MHz) at 14 B avenue Felix Faure and Bouygues Telecom (4G 1800 MHz) at 10 avenue Felix Faure. 181 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

279 of the 345 masts are rooftop-mounted. The tallest support is 56 m at 151 RTE de Turin (building). The median is 25 m, above the Alpes-Maritimes median of 19 m.

The commune owns 29 of the 345 masts, Totem owns 12.

2013 was the busiest year, with 797 new systems, most of them 4G. Local 5G started with SFR in November 2020; Bouygues Telecom followed in November 2020, Orange followed in November 2020. The oldest transmitter still listed here goes back to 1993.

Of the 345 masts in the commune, 17 masts carry all four networks, and SFR is the only carrier on 90 masts.

By mast count, Nice is 1st of the 41 Alpes-Maritimes towns that have five or more. With 345 masts for 357,737 residents, or 10 per 10,000, it has fewer masts per inhabitant than the median for those towns (13).

3.5 GHz 5G is declared by SFR on 114 of its 161 masts, Free Mobile on 84 of its 106 masts, Orange on 81 of its 117 masts and Bouygues Telecom on 80 of its 131 masts.

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat lies 5.7 km to the east and has only 6 masts.

At 74 km² with 357,737 residents, the commune is dense enough that most antennas sit on rooftops rather than pylons. It is part of the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur intercommunal grouping.

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