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- The names of châteaux in Hautes-Pyrénées are typed into Google 6,300 times a month (12 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Mauvezin (3,600 searches a month), number 247 nationally.
- The department ranks number 92 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/hautes-pyrenees, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Hautes-Pyrénées
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Mauvezin | Mauvezin | 3,600 | 247 |
| 2 | Château fort de Lourdes | Lourdes | 1,600 | 561 |
| 3 | Château de Ségure | Arreau | 480 | 1,776 |
| 4 | Château de Gardères | Gardères | 260 | 2,349 |
| 5 | Château de Labatut | Labatut-Rivière | 170 | 3,143 |
| 6 | Château de Beaucens | Beaucens | 70 | 4,137 |
| 7 | Château de Horgues | Horgues | 50 | 4,785 |
| 8 | Château de Montus | Castelnau-Rivière-Basse | 20 | 5,481 |
| 9 | Manoir de Bazet | Bazet | 20 | 5,836 |
| 10 | Château des Nestes | Arreau | 10 | 6,033 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Hautes-PyrénéesOccitania
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/hautes-pyrenees, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Mauvezin is the most searched-for château in Hautes-Pyrénées in 2026, with 3,600 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.