May 1968 - Foundation

Before the rides, a northern French leisure place

Le Fleury began as a family leisure estate before becoming a festive landmark and later an amusement park.

A look at Le Fleury’s early decades, from May 1968 to the nightclub years remembered by several generations.

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Before the rides, a northern French leisure place

A family estate opened in 1968

Le Fleury’s story begins in May 1968 on a rural site in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx. Available accounts link this beginning to a local farming family, gradually shaping a leisure place beside the ponds.

When nightlife came before the park

From 1972, the site also gained a festive role with a dancing hall. L’Observateur recalls that a former henhouse was turned into a dance venue before the nightclub years known as Le Fleury and later Le Magic.

That memory explains part of the place’s character: Le Fleury did not suddenly appear as a modern amusement park, but grew through successive uses, family outings, meals, parties and outdoor activities.

The story keeps the pace of the traces that are available: an opening in 1968, then a leisure site that grew step by step. That is what makes Le Fleury’s early years interesting: today’s park did not appear all at once, it slowly grew out of a local place to go out.