Camembert in Normandy
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Camembert is a
commune in the
Orne department in north-western
France with a population of 170. The village is most noted for the early development of
camembert cheese by
Marie Harel in 1791 (
List of French cheeses ).
Memorial to Marie Harel, legendary inventor of Camembert cheese © Jan-Tore Egge cc-by-sa-4.0
Camembert has been called “The largest small village in France.” This is because the area of the commune itself is out of proportion to the center of the village which consists of the Cheese Museum (in the shape of a Camembert cheese), the Town Hall (Mairie), the Church of St Anne, the
Ferme Président (a museum), Beamoncel (the house where Marie Harel, the creator of camembert cheese lived) and 3 other small houses. The rest of the commune is scattered over 10 km² (2,500 acres).
Read more on
normandie-tourisme.fr – Camembert ,
Maison du Camembert ,
Fromagerie Durand (the last AOP cheese farm located in the village) and
Wikipedia Camembert (
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