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- The names of châteaux in Lot are typed into Google 41,350 times a month (61 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux (8,100 searches a month), number 109 nationally.
- The department ranks number 41 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/lot, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Lot
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux | Prudhomat | 8,100 | 109 |
| 2 | Castle of Montal | Saint-Jean-Lespinasse | 4,400 | 177 |
| 3 | Château de la Treyne | Lacave | 4,400 | 180 |
| 4 | Château de Mercuès | Mercuès | 3,600 | 238 |
| 5 | Château de Rocamadour | Rocamadour | 2,900 | 294 |
| 6 | Château de Cénevières | Cénevières | 1,900 | 420 |
| 7 | Château de Chambert | Floressas | 1,600 | 539 |
| 8 | Château de Haute-Serre | Cieurac | 1,300 | 660 |
| 9 | Château de Larroque-Toirac | Larroque-Toirac | 1,000 | 744 |
| 10 | Château d'Aynac | Aynac | 1,000 | 758 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in LotOccitania
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/lot, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux is the most searched-for château in Lot in 2026, with 8,100 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.