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- The names of châteaux in Val-de-Marne are typed into Google 19,630 times a month (36 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Santeny (4,400 searches a month), number 185 nationally.
- The department ranks number 71 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/val-de-marne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Val-de-Marne
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Santeny | Santeny | 4,400 | 185 |
| 2 | Château d'Ormesson | Noiseau | 3,060 | 271 |
| 3 | Château de Grosbois | Boissy-Saint-Léger | 1,900 | 421 |
| 4 | Stade André-Laurent | Fontenay-sous-Bois | 1,600 | 542 |
| 5 | Château de Bry | Bry-sur-Marne | 1,000 | 867 |
| 6 | Château des Marmousets | La Queue-en-Brie | 1,000 | 965 |
| 7 | Château de Plaisance | Nogent-sur-Marne | 880 | 1,135 |
| 8 | Château du Grand-Val | Sucy-en-Brie | 880 | 1,146 |
| 9 | Château de Valenton | Valenton | 720 | 1,264 |
| 10 | Château du Piple | Boissy-Saint-Léger | 720 | 1,329 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in Val-de-MarneÎle-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/val-de-marne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Santeny is the most searched-for château in Val-de-Marne in 2026, with 4,400 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.