Camembert, Orne

Camembert
Camembert
Location within Normandy region  Camembert
Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°10′42″E / 48.8938°N 0.1783°E / 48.8938; 0.1783Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°10′42″E / 48.8938°N 0.1783°E / 48.8938; 0.1783
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Vimoutiers
Intercommunality	Pays de Camembert
Area1	10.3 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	196
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Camembert is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

It is the place where camembert cheese originated.

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).

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