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- The names of châteaux in Pas-de-Calais are typed into Google 25,100 times a month (50 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Hardelot Castle (12,100 searches a month), number 58 nationally.
- The department ranks number 64 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/pas-de-calais, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Pas-de-Calais
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardelot Castle | Condette | 12,100 | 58 |
| 2 | Château de Cocove | Recques-sur-Hem | 4,400 | 181 |
| 3 | Louvre-Lens Vallée | Liévin | 1,300 | 705 |
| 4 | Château d'Olhain | Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen | 1,000 | 890 |
| 5 | Château de Fressin | Fressin | 880 | 1,004 |
| 6 | Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer | Boulogne-sur-Mer | 720 | 1,158 |
| 7 | Château de Couin | Couin | 590 | 1,534 |
| 8 | Château de Colembert | Colembert | 480 | 1,685 |
| 9 | Château de Grand-Rullecourt | Grand-Rullecourt | 320 | 2,105 |
| 10 | Château de La Buissière | Bruay-la-Buissière | 320 | 2,251 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Pas-de-CalaisHauts-de-France
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/pas-de-calais, volumes as of October 18, 2026
Sample sentence
According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Hardelot Castle is the most searched-for château in Pas-de-Calais in 2026, with 12,100 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.