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- The names of châteaux in Deux-Sèvres are typed into Google 21,590 times a month (62 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Thouars (2,900 searches a month), number 328 nationally.
- The department ranks number 68 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/deux-sevres, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Deux-Sèvres
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Thouars | Thouars | 2,900 | 328 |
| 2 | Château de Bressuire | Bressuire | 1,900 | 419 |
| 3 | Château du Coudray-Salbart | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 1,600 | 508 |
| 4 | Château de Saint-Mesmin | Saint-André-sur-Sèvre | 1,600 | 587 |
| 5 | Château de la Durbelière | Mauléon | 1,300 | 657 |
| 6 | Château de Mursay | Échiré | 1,000 | 763 |
| 7 | Château du Theil | Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud | 1,000 | 818 |
| 8 | Château d'Oiron | Plaine-et-Vallées | 1,000 | 886 |
| 9 | Donjon de Niort | Niort | 880 | 981 |
| 10 | Château de Javarzay | Chef-Boutonne | 880 | 989 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Deux-SèvresNouvelle-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/deux-sevres, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Thouars is the most searched-for château in Deux-Sèvres in 2026, with 2,900 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.