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- The names of châteaux in Drôme are typed into Google 39,880 times a month (43 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Grignan (22,200 searches a month), number 37 nationally.
- The department ranks number 43 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/drome, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Drôme
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Grignan | Grignan | 22,200 | 37 |
| 2 | Château de Suze-la-Rousse | Suze-la-Rousse | 3,600 | 253 |
| 3 | Tour de Crest | Crest | 2,400 | 389 |
| 4 | Château Saint-Laurent | Die | 1,600 | 596 |
| 5 | Château de Chatillon | Châtillon-Saint-Jean | 1,300 | 654 |
| 6 | Château d'Aulan | Aulan | 1,000 | 928 |
| 7 | Poët-Célard castle | Le Poët-Célard | 880 | 1,001 |
| 8 | Château des Adhémar | Montélimar | 880 | 1,101 |
| 9 | Chateau de Rochefort-en-Valdaine | Rochefort-en-Valdaine | 720 | 1,196 |
| 10 | Château de Vachères | Montclar-sur-Gervanne | 720 | 1,243 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in DrômeAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/drome, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Grignan is the most searched-for château in Drôme in 2026, with 22,200 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.