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- The names of châteaux in Vienne are typed into Google 40,400 times a month (91 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Château de Fougeret (9,900 searches a month), number 77 nationally.
- The department ranks number 42 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/vienne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Vienne
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Château de Fougeret | Queaux | 9,900 | 77 |
| 2 | Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers | Les Trois-Moutiers | 6,600 | 126 |
| 3 | Château de Dissay | Dissay | 3,600 | 219 |
| 4 | Château de Purnon | Verrue | 2,400 | 393 |
| 5 | Château de Ternay | Ternay | 1,600 | 583 |
| 6 | Château de Monts-sur-Guesnes | Monts-sur-Guesnes | 1,300 | 615 |
| 7 | Château de Monthoiron | Monthoiron | 1,000 | 724 |
| 8 | Château de Marconnay | Sanxay | 1,000 | 820 |
| 9 | Château de Touffou | Bonnes | 880 | 1,113 |
| 10 | Château des Ormes | Les Ormes | 880 | 1,137 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in VienneNouvelle-Aquitaine
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Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/vienne, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Château de Fougeret is the most searched-for château in Vienne in 2026, with 9,900 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.