Camembert, France

The city entrance, one main road

Today Sunday, May 6th, my folks and I drove to the town of Camembert, France.  It is most famous as the place where the camembert cheese originated back in 1791 by Marie Harel. Camembert has been called "The largest small village in France." Not only does it only count 200 inhabitants, but 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, 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 2,500 acres. The entrance fee of the small museum also included a cheese tasting, 3 different camemberts.