List of French cheeses
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The following is a '''[[list of cheeses]] from [[France]]'''. France is home to a very large variety of cheese types. This number was traditionally from 350 to 400 but is currently over 1000 <ref>Cidilait, Elevage et marché[http://www.cidilait.com/index.php?id=1152&i=2&j=3#7877]</ref>.
[[Image:200501 - 6 fromages.JPG|thumb|right|Some French cheeses]]
[[Image:SheepsCheeseVillefrancheDeRourgue.jpg|thumb|right|Cheese seller in France]]
==Protected Designation of Origin==
Under the [[Common Agricultural Policy]] of the [[European Union]], certain well-established cheeses, including many French cheeses, are covered by a [[Protected Designation of Origin]] and other, less stringent designations of geographical origin for traditional specialities (for further details see the [[France|French]] ''[[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée]]'' (AOC) system, the ''[[Denominazione di Origine Controllata]]'' (DOC) system used in [[Italy]], and the ''[[Denominación de origen]]'' system used in [[Spain]]).
A complete list of agricultural products with an EU Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG), listed alphabetically by nation, is at the [http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/qual/en/1bbab_en.htm Europa Agriculture site].
==List of Protected Designation of Origin (AOP) French cheeses==
Many familiar generic types, like [[Boursin cheese|Boursin]], are not covered. It may come as a surprise to see varieties of [[Emmental cheese]] protected as a French cheese. This list differs from those of [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée|AOC]] status.
* [[Abondance (cheese)|Abondance]]
* [[Beaufort (cheese)|Beaufort]]
* [[Bleu d'Auvergne]] (AOC, [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]])
* [[Bleu des Causses]]
* [[Bleu du Haut-Jura]], [[Bleu de Gex|de Gex]], [[Bleu de Septmoncel|de Septmoncel]]
* [[Bleu du Vercors]]
* [[Brie (cheese)|Brie]] de [[Meaux]]
* [[Brie (cheese)|Brie]] de [[Melun]]
* [[Brocciu]] Corse or Brocciu
* [[Cancoillotte]]
* [[Cantal (cheese)|Cantal]] or [[Fourme de Cantal]] or [[Cantalet]] (AOC, Auvergne)
* [[Camembert (cheese)|Camembert de Normandie]]
* [[Chabichou du Poitou]]
* [[Chaource (cheese)|Chaource]]
* [[Chevrotin (cheese)|Chevrotin]]
* [[Comté (cheese)|Comté]]
* [[Crottin de Chavignol]] ou [[Chavignol]]
* [[Emmental de Savoie]]
* [[Emmental français est-central]]
* [[Époisses de Bourgogne (cheese)|Époisses de Bourgogne]]
* [[Fourme d'Ambert]] or [[Fourme de Montbrison]] (AOC, Auvergne)
* [[Laguiole (cheese)|Laguiole]]
* [[Langres (cheese)|Langres]]
* [[Livarot (cheese)|Livarot]]
* [[Maroilles (cheese)|Maroilles]] or [[Marolles (cheese)|Marolles]]
* [[Mimolette]]
* [[Mont d'or (cheese)|Mont d'or]] or [[Vacherin du Haut-Doubs]]
* [[Morbier (cheese)|Morbier]]
* [[Munster (cheese)|Munster]] or Munster-Géromé
* [[Neufchâtel (cheese)|Neufchâtel]]
* [[Ossau-lraty]]
* [[Pélardon (cheese)|Pélardon]]
* [[Picodon de l'Ardèche]] or [[Picodon de la Drôme]]
* [[Pont-l'Évêque (cheese)|Pont-l'Évêque]]
* [[Pouligny-Saint-Pierre (cheese)|Pouligny-Saint-Pierre]]
* [[Reblochon]] or Reblochon de Savoie
* [[Rocamadour (cheese)|Rocamadour]]
* [[Roquefort (cheese)|Roquefort]]
* [[Saint-Nectaire]] (AOC, Auvergne)
* [[Sainte-Maure de Touraine]]
* [[Saint Agur Blue]]
* [[Salers (cheese)|Salers]] (AOC, Auvergne)
* [[Selles-sur-Cher (cheese)|Selles-sur-Cher]]
* [[Tomme de Savoie]]
* [[Tomme des Pyrenees|Tomme des Pyrénées]]
* [[Valençay (cheese)|Valençay]]
==Other French cheeses==
* [[Banon (cheese)|Banon]]
* [[Bleu de Bresse]]
* [[Boursin cheese]]
* [[Brillat-Savarin cheese|Brillat-Savarin]]
* [[Brie de Meaux]]
* [[Brie (cheese)|Brie]] Noir (Black Brie)
* [[Broccio Passu]]
* [[Cabecou]]
* [[Cancoillotte]]
* [[Carré de l'Est]]
* [[Chamois d'Or]]
* [[Chaumes cheese]]
* [[Neufchâtel (cheese)|Coeur de Neufchatel]]
* [[Coulommiers (Cheese)|Coulommiers]]
* [[Delice Du Calvados]]
* [[Fromager d'Affinois]]
* [[Gaperon]]
* [[Mont des Cats]]
* [[Mimolette]]
* [[Olivet Cendré]]
* [[Port Salut cheese|Port Salut]]
* [[Raclette]]
* [[Rigotte de Condrieu]]
* [[Rochebarron]]
* [[Roue de Brie]]
* [[Saint Albray]]
* [[Saint-André cheese|Saint-André]]
* [[Saint-Félicien]]
* [[Saint-Marcellin]]
* [[Saint-Paulin (cheese)|Saint-Paulin]]
* [[Tarentais]]
* [[Tome des Bauges]]
* [[Tomme Boudane]]
* [[Tomme au Fenouil]]
* [[Tomme du Revard]]
* [[Vacherin (cheese)|Vacherin Mont d'Or]]
* [[Vieux-Boulogne]]
* [[Tomme Butone]]
==See also==
* [[List of cheeses]]
* [[List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée cheeses]]
==External links==
* {{en icon}} [http://joinusinfrance.net/html/cheeses.html Comprehensive Information on French Cheeses]
* [http://tout1fromage.canalblog.com/albums/les_fromages/index.html Pictures Gallery of French Cheese (and some else)]
==Quotes==
:"A country producing almost 360 different types of cheese cannot die."
::[[Winston Churchill]] in june 1940
:"Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage?"
:("How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?")
::[[Charles de Gaulle]] (from ''Les Mots du Général'', Ernest Mignon (1962))
:"Un repas sans fromage est une belle à qui il manque un œil."
:("A meal without cheese is a beatiful woman with an eye missing.")
::[[Brillat-Savarin]] (from ''La Physiologie du goût'')
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