Camembert

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Coordinates: 48°53′38″N 0°10′42″E / 48.8938, 0.1783

Commune of Camembert
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Basse-Normandie
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Vimoutiers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Camembert
Statistics
Elevation	111 m–237 m (avg. 137 m)
Land area¹	10.3 km²
Population² (1999)	197
- Density	19/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	61071/ 61120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Camembert is a commune located in the Orne département of the Basse-Normandie région in France. It is most famous as the place where Camembert cheese originated. As of 1999, its population was 199.^{[citation needed]}

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 founder of Camembert cheese lived) and 3 other small houses. The rest of the commune is scattered over 2500 acres.

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Coordinates: 48°53′38″N, 0°10′42″E