what new carousel will be installed in place of the historic Castelnaudary carousel?

In November 2024, the history Place de la République carouselthe Edwige ride, in Castelnaudary, was dismantled after almost ten years of activity. For the moment, no attraction has been established permanently on the now empty location.

However, a carousel appeared there during the school holidays. of December. Will a new children’s attraction be set up there soon?

An “out of fashion” carousel

“In ten years of activity, the old carousel suffered froma change of fashion. It attracted fewer and fewer young children, who today are more interested in superheroes,” explains Julien Lixdirector of security and general affairs at Castelnaudary town hall.

Sylviethe former owner of the carousel which was until then located at Place de la République, therefore decided to sell his ridewho has since left the town.

“We are looking for a new ride”

“We are therefore looking a new carousel, a little more modernso that it does not suffer from a change in fashion,” announces the town hall employee.

During the end-of-year school holidays, a new ride, which belongs to someone from the world of fairgrounds, appeared on the Place de la République. And he might come back.

Des phases tests

“At Christmas, it had a fairly relative success, but there will be a second form of experimentation for the February holidays, in order to ensure the choice of modelso that it lasts over time,” specifies Julien Lix. Because this ride is in the testing phase with the aim of being installed all year round on this same location.

He details: “We are working with the owner of the ride to see if the model is the right one, if it appeals to children, if it is viableor if we should rather evolve on another choice. »

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