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- The names of châteaux in Ille-et-Vilaine are typed into Google 77,440 times a month (147 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Castle of Fougères (12,100 searches a month), number 65 nationally.
- The department ranks number 19 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/ille-et-vilaine, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Ille-et-Vilaine
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castle of Fougères | Fougères | 12,100 | 65 |
| 2 | Château de Combourg | Combourg | 9,900 | 82 |
| 3 | Château de Vitré | Vitré | 4,400 | 167 |
| 4 | Château des Pères | Piré-Chancé | 2,400 | 339 |
| 5 | Malouinière de la Ville-Bague | Saint-Coulomb | 2,400 | 353 |
| 6 | Château du Rocher-Portail | Maen Roch | 1,900 | 418 |
| 7 | Château du Bois-Guy | Parigné | 1,900 | 495 |
| 8 | Château de Montmuran | Les Iffs | 1,600 | 529 |
| 9 | Château de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 1,600 | 530 |
| 10 | Château de Miniac | Miniac-Morvan | 1,600 | 538 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Ille-et-VilaineBrittany
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/ille-et-vilaine, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Castle of Fougères is the most searched-for château in Ille-et-Vilaine 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.