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- The names of châteaux in Yvelines are typed into Google 486,930 times a month (105 ranked châteaux).
- The most searched-for is Palace of Versailles (301,000 searches a month), number 1 nationally.
- The department ranks number 1 in France by searches, with 9% of national demand.
Source: Chateaupedia, “France’s most searched-for châteaux in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/chateaux-les-plus-recherches-2026/yvelines, volumes as of October 18, 2026
The 10 most searched-for châteaux in Yvelines
- Palace of Versailles301,000
- Château de Breteuil40,500
- Château de Monte-Cristo27,100
- Château de Rambouillet22,200
- Château de la Madeleine14,800
- Château de Dampierre8,940
- Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye8,100
- Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu6,600
- Château du Val3,600
- La Lanterne3,020
| Rank | Château | Town | Searches per month | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palace of Versailles | Versailles | 301,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Château de Breteuil | Choisel | 40,500 | 19 |
| 3 | Château de Monte-Cristo | Le Port-Marly | 27,100 | 28 |
| 4 | Château de Rambouillet | Rambouillet | 22,200 | 32 |
| 5 | Château de la Madeleine | Chevreuse | 14,800 | 46 |
| 6 | Château de Dampierre | Dampierre-en-Yvelines | 8,940 | 87 |
| 7 | Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | 8,100 | 96 |
| 8 | Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu | Villiers-le-Mahieu | 6,600 | 116 |
| 9 | Château du Val | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | 3,600 | 258 |
| 10 | La Lanterne | Versailles | 3,020 | 272 |
The full study: national ranking, regions and departmentsAll châteaux in YvelinesÎle-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/yvelines, volumes as of October 18, 2026
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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, Palace of Versailles is the most searched-for château in Yvelines in 2026, with 301,000 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.