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- The names of châteaux in Loir-et-Cher are typed into Google 239,030 times a month (77 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Chambord (74,000 searches a month), number 5 nationally.
- The department ranks number 4 in France by searches, with 4% 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/loir-et-cher, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Loir-et-Cher
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Chambord | Chambord | 74,000 | 5 |
| 2 | Château de Cheverny | Cheverny | 74,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Château de Blois | Blois | 18,100 | 39 |
| 4 | Castle of Chaumont-sur-Loire | Chaumont-sur-Loire | 14,800 | 49 |
| 5 | Château de Beauregard, Loire Valley | Cellettes | 12,100 | 64 |
| 6 | Château de Villesavin | Tour-en-Sologne | 5,400 | 154 |
| 7 | Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre | Le Controis-en-Sologne | 5,400 | 158 |
| 8 | Château de Talcy | Talcy | 4,400 | 188 |
| 9 | Château de Vendôme | Vendôme | 2,400 | 349 |
| 10 | Château de Troussay | Cheverny | 1,900 | 437 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Loir-et-CherCentre-Val de Loire (Loire Valley)
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/loir-et-cher, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Chambord is the most searched-for château in Loir-et-Cher in 2026, with 74,000 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.