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- The names of châteaux in Gard are typed into Google 53,480 times a month (73 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon) (12,100 searches a month), number 68 nationally.
- The department ranks number 31 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/gard, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Gard
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon) | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 12,100 | 68 |
| 2 | Tower of Philip the Fair | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 5,400 | 151 |
| 3 | Château de Pondres, Villevieille | Villevieille | 4,400 | 184 |
| 4 | Château de Portes | Portes | 3,600 | 220 |
| 5 | Château de Beaucaire | Beaucaire | 2,900 | 278 |
| 6 | Château of Arpaillargues | Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac | 2,400 | 355 |
| 7 | Château de Gicon | Chusclan | 1,900 | 445 |
| 8 | Espeyran Castle | Saint-Gilles | 1,300 | 656 |
| 9 | Castle of Sommières | Sommières | 1,000 | 725 |
| 10 | Château de Tornac | Tornac | 1,000 | 944 |
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/gard, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Fort Saint-André (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon) is the most searched-for château in Gard in 2026, with 12,100 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.