Parc Astérix is a theme park in France based on the comic book series Asterix by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny.
Opened in 1989, the park is operated by Compagnie des Alpes and located right by the A1 motorway (Paris ↔ Lille ↔ Brussels), having its own highway exit and interchange.
Largely funded by the Barclays financial company, with 20 other investors including Compagnie Générale des Eaux, the Havas group, Union des Assurances de Paris and the Picardy region, the park cost 850 million French francs to build and generated 1,200 jobs.
[11] In January 2021, the park announced it was closing its dolphin and sea lion enclosure, the Delphinarium, in order to focus on rides and other shows.
[15] In 2023, Parc Astérix achieved a record yearly attendance of over 2.8 million visitors,[1] the season was marked by the opening of the new roller-coaster Toutatis.