A man has been arrested for carrying two handguns and a box of ammunition while in possession of a copy of the Koran at the Disneyland Paris amusement park, police said.

The man of European decent, 28, was located at Hotel New York inside the Disneyland site, according to a police source.

He was allegedly carrying two guns – one of them an automatic handgun – concealed in a bag with the religious text.

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“Firearms were discovered in the bags of a man as he went through the metal detector during a routine security check at one of our hotels,” Disneyland Paris spokesman Francois Banon said.

The French Interior Ministry said police were also searching for a woman who may have been with the man, correcting a previous statement that she had been arrested.

Euro Disney, whose main shareholder was US-based Walt Disney Co, runs the amusement park.

A police source said the man was unknown to police, and papers found on him indicated he lived in Paris, the Seven Network reported.

Police said the incident did not appear to be terrorism related, with the man telling them he was in possession of the firearms because was concerned for his safety.

Disneyland Paris sits about 30km east of the city with more than 10 million visitors attending the park in 2014.

France has been on high alert since militant extremists attacked the city on November 13, 2015, with 130 innocent people killed in the bloody massacre.

– with AAP