Camembert

moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese from Normandy, France
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Camembert

Summary

Camembert ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (827 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Camembert is credited with the discovery of Marie Harel[2].
  • Camembert is credited with the discovery of Charles-Jean Bonvoust[3].
  • Camembert is in the country of France[4].
  • Camembert's image is recorded as Camembert.jpg[5].
  • Camembert's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85019122[6].
  • Camembert's subclass of is recorded as white mold-rind cheese[7].
  • Camembert's subclass of is recorded as French cheese[8].
  • Camembert's subclass of is recorded as cow's-milk cheese[9].
  • Camembert's subclass of is recorded as industrial cheese[10].
  • Camembert's subclass of is recorded as cheese[11].
  • Camembert's subclass of is recorded as dairy product[12].
  • Camembert's Commons category is recorded as Camembert (cheese)[13].
  • Camembert's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Camembert.wav[14].
  • Camembert's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Visiteur-JEP (Madehub)-camembert.wav[15].
  • Camembert's country of origin is recorded as France[16].
  • Camembert's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dg27[17].
  • Camembert's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Camembert (cheese)[18].
  • Camembert's location of creation is recorded as Normandy[19].
  • Camembert's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0087564[20].
  • Camembert's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Camembert's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Camembert-cheese[22].
  • Camembert's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'camembert'}[23].
  • Camembert's Open Food Facts food category ID is recorded as camemberts[24].
  • Camembert's USDA NDB number is recorded as 01007[25].
  • Camembert's NALT ID is recorded as 21539[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Marie Harel[2], a farmer[27], 1761–1844[28], of France[29] and Charles-Jean Bonvoust[3], a monk[30], 1747–1799[31], of France[32].

Why It Matters

Camembert ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (827 views/month).[1] Camembert has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Camembert is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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