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 (2,525 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 is a type of white mold-rind cheese[5].
  • Camembert is a type of French cheese[6].
  • Camembert is a type of cow's-milk cheese[7].
  • Camembert is a type of industrial cheese[8].
  • Camembert is a type of cheese[9].
  • Camembert is a type of dairy product[10].
  • Camembert's Commons category is recorded as Camembert (cheese)[11].
  • Camembert's country of origin is recorded as France[12].
  • Camembert's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Camembert (cheese)[13].
  • Camembert's location of creation is recorded as Normandy[14].
  • Camembert's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Camembert's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'camembert'}[16].
  • Camembert's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003049[17].
  • Camembert's food energy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q130964', 'amount': '+300'}[18].
  • Camembert's pH value is recorded as {'amount': '+7.44'}[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include white mold-rind cheese[5], French cheese[6], cow's-milk cheese[7], industrial cheese[8], cheese[9], and dairy product[10].

Why It Matters

Camembert ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,525 views/month).[1] Camembert has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Camembert is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . calories-info.com. calories-info.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Over two thousand estimations of the pH of representative foods. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Camembert (cheese)
    Country of origin
    Subclass of white mold-rind cheese, French cheese, cow's-milk cheese +3
    Discoverer or inventor Marie Harel, Charles-Jean Bonvoust
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293652305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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