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Dans quelle région est né le camembert, fromage à pâte molle et à croûte blanche ?

Translation: In which region was camembert, the soft cheese with a white rind, born?

  • ✕ La Bretagne Brittany Your answer
  • B La Savoie Savoie
  • ✓ La Normandie Normandy
  • D L'Auvergne Auvergne

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Le camembert vient de Normandie, du village de Camembert dans l'Orne. Le « Camembert de Normandie » est protégé par une appellation d'origine protégée (AOP).

Camembert comes from Normandy, from the village of Camembert in the Orne department. "Camembert de Normandie" is protected by a protected designation of origin (AOP).

Source: INAO (AOP Camembert de Normandie) ; Encyclopédie Larousse

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