Cap'Découverte, Outdoor amusement park in Carmaux, France

Cap'Découverte occupies the crater of the former Découverte open-cast coal mine, an amphitheatre 1,302 m across and 229 m deep on the communes of Blaye-les-Mines, Cagnac-les-Mines, Le Garric and Taïx. Since 25 June 2003 the terraces hold an alpine coaster, indoor and outdoor skate parks, sand courts, a supervised lake beach and pool, and the Cagnac-les-Mines mine museum.

Opened on 25 June 2003 on the site of the Découverte open-cast coal mine, which closed in June 1997 after the La Tronquié shaft stopped in 1987. The Syndicat Intercommunal de la Découverte, led by Paul Quilès, chose to convert the 1302 m wide, 229 m deep crater into a leisure park, with an investment of 66 million euros. The 2003 Tour de France first stage time trial finished here on 18 July.

The Xtreme Fest has been held at the site since 2013, and in 2022 Cap'Découverte hosted Zomb'in The Dark, an orienteering race through a zombie-themed course. The Maison de la Musique runs a year-round programme of live performance, artistic creation and outreach. The Musée de la Mine in Cagnac-les-Mines, one of the four communes the site covers, keeps the coal-mining past that the park replaced.

The site lies in a 1,302 m-wide, 229 m-deep former open-cast pit split across Blaye-les-Mines, Cagnac-les-Mines, Le Garric and Taïx, so a car is needed to link the scattered activity areas. From 2026 the lake beach and water activities close, as the pumping that kept the water low is switched off; the chairlift and other equipment are dismantled after the 2025 season.

The park features a certified lake beach accessible by chairlift or shuttle during summer months. This combination transforms a former mining landscape into an unexpected holiday destination.