List of French cheeses 170287 224245135 2008-07-07T23:42:35Z 84.97.24.144 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'') [[Category:French cheeses| ]] [[Category:Lists of foods|French cheese]] [[fr:Liste de fromages français]] [[nl:Lijst van Franse kazen]] [[sv:Lista över franska ostar]] ==Notes== <references/>