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- The names of châteaux in Manche are typed into Google 37,440 times a month (85 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Pirou (6,600 searches a month), number 117 nationally.
- The department ranks number 48 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/manche, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Manche
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Pirou | Pirou | 6,600 | 117 |
| 2 | Château des Ravalet | Tourlaville | 5,400 | 145 |
| 3 | Château de Gratot | Gratot | 2,900 | 310 |
| 4 | Château de Flamanville | Flamanville | 1,900 | 425 |
| 5 | Château de Nacqueville | La Hague | 1,900 | 481 |
| 6 | Château de Carneville | Carneville | 1,300 | 692 |
| 7 | Château de Chantore | Bacilly | 1,000 | 730 |
| 8 | Château de Bricquebec | Bricquebec-en-Cotentin | 1,000 | 737 |
| 9 | Chateau de Canisy | Canisy | 1,000 | 910 |
| 10 | Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte | 880 | 984 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in MancheNormandy
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/manche, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Pirou is the most searched-for château in Manche 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.