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- The names of châteaux in Haute-Vienne are typed into Google 26,620 times a month (54 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Lastours (6,600 searches a month), number 133 nationally.
- The department ranks number 61 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-vienne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Haute-Vienne
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Lastours | Rilhac-Lastours | 6,600 | 133 |
| 2 | Châteauvieux | La Porcherie | 3,600 | 267 |
| 3 | Château de Brie | Champagnac-la-Rivière | 2,500 | 334 |
| 4 | Château de Losmonerie | Aixe-sur-Vienne | 1,300 | 647 |
| 5 | Château de Rochechouart | Rochechouart | 1,000 | 721 |
| 6 | Château du Fraisse | Nouic | 1,000 | 766 |
| 7 | Château des Essarts | Limoges | 1,000 | 875 |
| 8 | Château de Châlus-Chabrol | Châlus | 880 | 991 |
| 9 | Château de Salvanet | Saint-Priest-Taurion | 880 | 1,058 |
| 10 | Château de Bort | Rilhac-Rancon | 720 | 1,306 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Haute-VienneNouvelle-Aquitaine
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Suggested citation
Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/haute-vienne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Lastours is the most searched-for château in Haute-Vienne in 2026, with 6,600 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.