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- The names of châteaux in Orne are typed into Google 20,240 times a month (70 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Castle of Carrouges (5,400 searches a month), number 160 nationally.
- The department ranks number 70 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/orne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Orne
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castle of Carrouges | Carrouges | 5,400 | 160 |
| 2 | Château de Domfront | Domfront en Poiraie | 1,300 | 604 |
| 3 | Château des Ducs (Argentan) | Argentan | 1,000 | 842 |
| 4 | Manoir de la Baronnie | Marcei | 1,000 | 854 |
| 5 | Château d'O | Mortrée | 1,000 | 883 |
| 6 | Château des ducs d'Alençon | Alençon | 880 | 994 |
| 7 | Château de Courtomer | Courtomer | 720 | 1,233 |
| 8 | Manoir de Courboyer | Nocé | 590 | 1,366 |
| 9 | Château de Médavy | Médavy | 590 | 1,391 |
| 10 | Chateau de Couterne | Couterne | 590 | 1,519 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in OrneNormandy
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/orne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Castle of Carrouges is the most searched-for château in Orne 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.