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- The names of châteaux in Nièvre are typed into Google 22,760 times a month (78 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Bazoches (5,400 searches a month), number 161 nationally.
- The department ranks number 66 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/nievre, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Nièvre
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Bazoches | Bazoches | 5,400 | 161 |
| 2 | Palais ducal de Nevers | Nevers | 2,400 | 342 |
| 3 | Château des Bordes | Urzy | 1,300 | 638 |
| 4 | Château de Villars | Saint-Parize-le-Châtel | 1,000 | 921 |
| 5 | Chateau de Prye | La Fermeté | 720 | 1,208 |
| 6 | Château de Meauce | Saincaize-Meauce | 720 | 1,300 |
| 7 | Château de Chavannes | Tresnay | 720 | 1,345 |
| 8 | Poil, Nièvre - Château de Pierrefite | Poil | 590 | 1,544 |
| 9 | Château de Villemolin | Anthien | 480 | 1,658 |
| 10 | Château de Lantilly | Cervon | 480 | 1,741 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in NièvreBurgundy-Franche-Comté
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/nievre, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Bazoches is the most searched-for château in Nièvre in 2026, with 5,400 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.