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- The names of châteaux in Creuse are typed into Google 13,100 times a month (48 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Chaumont (2,720 searches a month), number 331 nationally.
- The department ranks number 83 in France by searches, with 0% 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/creuse, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Creuse
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Chaumont | La Serre-Bussière-Vieille | 2,720 | 331 |
| 2 | Château de Villemonteix | Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards | 1,600 | 518 |
| 3 | Château de Boussac | Boussac | 1,000 | 808 |
| 4 | Château du Bost | Magnat-l'Étrange | 1,000 | 946 |
| 5 | Château de l'Etang | La Chaussade | 1,000 | 958 |
| 6 | Château du Puy | Tercillat | 590 | 1,392 |
| 7 | Château de Crozant | Crozant | 590 | 1,445 |
| 8 | Château de la Chezotte | Ahun | 480 | 1,623 |
| 9 | Chapelle Notre-Dame du Château | Felletin | 480 | 1,715 |
| 10 | Château de Saint-Maixant | Saint-Maixant | 390 | 1,978 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in CreuseNouvelle-Aquitaine
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/creuse, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Chaumont is the most searched-for château in Creuse in 2026, with 2,720 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.