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- The names of châteaux in Pyrénées-Orientales are typed into Google 36,820 times a month (42 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Palace of the Kings of Majorca (12,100 searches a month), number 57 nationally.
- The department ranks number 50 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/pyrenees-orientales, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Pyrénées-Orientales
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palace of the Kings of Majorca | Perpignan | 12,100 | 57 |
| 2 | Château Royal de Collioure | Collioure | 5,400 | 165 |
| 3 | Castell Rosselló | Perpignan | 4,400 | 203 |
| 4 | Château de Castelnou | Castelnou | 3,600 | 211 |
| 5 | Château de Valmy | Argelès-sur-Mer | 3,600 | 218 |
| 6 | Château d'Aubiry | Céret | 2,900 | 289 |
| 7 | Château de Riell | Molitg-les-Bains | 880 | 1,144 |
| 8 | Château d'Ultrera | Argelès-sur-Mer | 720 | 1,249 |
| 9 | Château du Parc Ducup | Perpignan | 480 | 1,601 |
| 10 | Château de Tautavel | Tautavel | 480 | 1,657 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Pyrénées-OrientalesOccitania
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/pyrenees-orientales, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Palace of the Kings of Majorca is the most searched-for château in Pyrénées-Orientales 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.