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- The names of châteaux in Cher are typed into Google 27,910 times a month (74 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de la Verrerie (4,400 searches a month), number 194 nationally.
- The department ranks number 59 in France by searches, with 1% of national demand.
- Nationally, the most searched-for is Palace of Versailles.
Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/cher, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Cher
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de la Verrerie | Oizon | 4,400 | 194 |
| 2 | Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil | Ainay-le-Vieil | 2,900 | 279 |
| 3 | Château de Menetou-Salon | Menetou-Salon | 1,600 | 590 |
| 4 | Château de Sagonne | Sagonne | 1,300 | 620 |
| 5 | Buranlure | Boulleret | 1,300 | 679 |
| 6 | Château de Meillant | Meillant | 1,000 | 882 |
| 7 | Château de Lazenay | Bourges | 880 | 996 |
| 8 | Château de Blancafort | Blancafort | 880 | 1,009 |
| 9 | Château de la Brosse | Farges-Allichamps | 880 | 1,091 |
| 10 | Château-Renaud | Germigny-l'Exempt | 880 | 1,155 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in CherCentre-Val de Loire (Loire Valley)
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/cher, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de la Verrerie is the most searched-for château in Cher in 2026, with 4,400 searches a month.
Method
The volume used is Google Ads data, read from DataForSEO: the average monthly searches for the château’s name over twelve months, as typed in the country’s language (“château de Chambord” in France, “Schloss Neuschwanstein” in Germany). Each name is re-read every ninety days.
A keyword volume is not always a place’s. We set aside names too ambiguous to attribute: with no Google reviews and three Wikipedia languages or fewer, a volume of 5,000 searches or more almost always measures something else (a town, a park, a brand). When Google knows the place, the volume is capped at twenty times its reviews. Bordeaux wine estates, searched for the wine, and the Château de Vincennes, whose name is also a metro station, are left out of the ranking. Names made only of generic words (“motte castrale”, “Le Châtelet”) and entries named after their occupant (a court, a hotel) are set aside. Namesakes count once, for the best known.