Camembert, Orne

Camembert
Camembert
Commune
	The road into Camembert
	Location of Camembert
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	Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°10′42″E / 48.8938°N 0.1783°E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Vimoutiers
Area 1	10.3 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Population (2022)	169
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61071 /61120
Elevation	111–237 m (364–778 ft) ; (avg. 137 m or 449 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Camembert (French pronunciation: [kamɑ̃bɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.^[2]

It is the place where camembert cheese originated.^[3]

Geography

The commune is part of the area known as Pays d'Auge.^[4]

One river, the Viette, and four streams (the Fontaine de la Motte, Besion, the Moulin Neuf, and the Costillets) run through the commune.

The village is most noted for the early development of camembert cheese by Marie Harel in 1791.^[3]

Maison Du Camembert a museum telling how the story of the history of the cheese and how it is produced.^[6] The museum is in the shape of a Camembert cheese.^[7]
Beamoncel the manor house, which was the home of Marie Harel.^[8]
President Farm another museum about camembert that is linked to the dairy brand, Président.^[8]

Marie Harel (1761–1844) was the inventor of Camembert cheese, lived and worked in the village.^[10]
Lutteur B a horse from the Foucaudière farm in Camembert in 1955, that was ridden by Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola in the 1964 Summer Olympics, winning a Gold and Silver medal.^[11]

^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ "Commune de Camembert (61071)". INSEE. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Camembert Cheese: A Norman Tradition". France Today. 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ "Le Pays d'Auge et camembert". Orne Tourisme.
^ "Camembert · 61120, France". Camembert · 61120, France. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ "Maison du Camembert CAMEMBERT : Normandy Tourism". Normandy Tourism, France. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ "The tiny rural Norman village called Camembert". Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Top 7 Destinations With the Highest Quality Cheese". 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Macphail, Cameron (28 April 2017). "Marie Harel: The 256th birthday of the woman who invented Camembert cheese". Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ "Camembert. D'illustres noms pour baptiser certaines voiries". Ouest-France.fr. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

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