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Wedding venue capacities: find the right scale

Guest-capacity bands for 296 named listings, with the limits of maximum-capacity figures explained.

Edition: 4 October 2026Rare Venues researchSources & method ↓
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Guest-capacity bands for 296 named listings, with the limits of maximum-capacity figures explained.

Recorded maximum guest capacities
Up to 6016 venues
61–10046 venues
101–150104 venues
151–20051 venues
201–30045 venues
Over 30034 venues

296 of 300 eligible listings have a retained guest figure. A maximum tells you little about how a room feels with fewer people. Ask for the seated dinner, ceremony and wet-weather capacities separately.

Try the layout before the number

For a 60-person wedding, do not assume that every 200-capacity hall will feel intimate. Ask for a floor plan at your actual guest count, including a dance floor, service aisles and any stage.

The smallest recorded maximum capacities
VenueRecorded guestsDestination
Domaine les Grillons20Drôme
Château Trieux30Lot-et-Garonne
Manoir de la Massonnière30Sarthe
Mas Guillaumand30Gard
Château de Bonneval40Haute-Vienne
Domaine Madrona40Pyrénées-Orientales
Le Relais de Saint-Preuil50Charente
Château Pimo50Var
Château de Cormicy50Marne
Château de La Barre50Sarthe
Château Écrin De Lumière50Dordogne
Domaine Les Martins50Vaucluse

Sources, dates & method

296 retained capacity figures, missing capacities excluded. Source wording may mix seated and standing arrangements. No availability or minimum spend is inferred.

Venue facts recorded 28 September 2026, with identified official-source corrections dated 4 October. Figures describe this collection, not the whole French market. These are advertised starting figures with different inclusions and hire lengths. They are not paid prices, current quotations, per-person rates or complete wedding budgets. Original listing names and observation dates are retained on the linked venue pages. Source URLs remain in the private evidence archive.

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