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- The names of châteaux in Haute-Loire are typed into Google 17,820 times a month (51 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Polignac (2,400 searches a month), number 337 nationally.
- The department ranks number 76 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/haute-loire, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Haute-Loire
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Polignac | Polignac | 2,400 | 337 |
| 2 | Château de Chalencon | Saint-André-de-Chalencon | 1,300 | 619 |
| 3 | Château de La Rochelambert | Saint-Paulien | 1,000 | 735 |
| 4 | Château de Bouzols | Arsac-en-Velay | 1,000 | 931 |
| 5 | Château d'Arlempdes | Arlempdes | 880 | 985 |
| 6 | Château de Domeyrat | Domeyrat | 880 | 1,000 |
| 7 | Château d'Artias | Retournac | 880 | 1,019 |
| 8 | Château de Marcoux | Montregard | 880 | 1,062 |
| 9 | Château de Rochebaron | Bas-en-Basset | 720 | 1,165 |
| 10 | Château du Villard | Saint-Germain-Laprade | 720 | 1,275 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Haute-LoireAuvergne-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/haute-loire, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Polignac is the most searched-for château in Haute-Loire in 2026, with 2,400 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.