List of French cheeses
Protected designation of origin
Under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, certain established cheeses, including many French cheeses, are covered by a protected designation of origin (PDO), and other, less stringent, designations of geographical origin for traditional specialities, such as the French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system, the Italian denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) system, and the Spanish Denominación de origen system.

List of French cheeses

Section Title: Protected designation of origin
Table Section Text: Under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, certain established cheeses, including many French cheeses, are covered by a protected designation of origin (PDO), and other, less stringent, designations of geographical origin for traditional specialities, such as the French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system, the Italian denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) system, and the Spanish Denominación de origen system.

Cheese	Year designated AOC	Producing region	Type of milk	Designation

Abondance	1990	Haute-Savoie	Cow	AOC

Banon	2003	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Goat	AOC

Beaufort	1968	Savoie	Cow	AOC

Bleu d'Auvergne	1975	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Bleu des Causses	1979	Midi-Pyrénées	Cow	AOC

Bleu de Gex, du Haut-Jura, or de Septmoncel	1977	Franche-Comté	Cow	AOC

Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage	1998	Rhône-Alpes	Cow	AOC

Brie de Meaux	1980	Île-de-France	Cow	AOC

Brie de Melun	1980	Île-de-France	Cow	AOC

Brillat-Savarin	2015	Burgundy	Cow	PGI

Brocciu Cara or Brocciu	1983	Corsica	Sheep	AOC

Cabécou	1988	Midi-Pyrénées	Goat	AOC

Cancoillotte	n/a	Franche-Comté	Cow	LR

Cantal, Fourme de Cantal, or Cantalet	1956	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Camembert de Normandie	1983	Normandy	Cow	AOC

Cazelle de Saint Affrique	n/a	Midi-Pyrénées, Aveyron Department	Sheep	AOC

Chabichou du Poitou	1990	Poitou-Charentes	Goat	AOC

Chaource	1970	Champagne-Ardenne	Cow	AOC

Chevrotin	2002	Savoie and Haute-Savoie	Goat	AOC

Comté	1952	Franche-Comté	Cow	AOC

Crottin de Chavignol	1976	Centre-Val de Loire	Goat	AOC

Emmental de Savoie	n/a	Savoie	Cow	PGI

Emmental français est-central	n/a	Franche-Comté	Cow	PGI

Époisses de Bourgogne	2004	Burgundy	Cow	AOC

Faisselle	Rians	Cow, Goat, Sheep

Fourme d'Ambert	1972	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Fourme de Montbrison	1972	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Fromage blanc

Fromage frais (fr. Fromage à pâte fraîche)

Laguiole	1961	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Langres	1991	Champagne-Ardenne	Cow	AOC

Livarot	1972	Normandy	Cow	AOC

Mâconnais	2006	Burgundy	Goat	AOC

Maroilles or Marolles	1976	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Cow	AOC

Mimolette	n/a	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	Cow	LR

Mont d'or, or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs	2006	Franche-Comté	Cow	AOC

Morbier	2000	Franche-Comté	Cow	AOC

Munster or Munster-Géromé	1969	Alsace and Vosges départements in Lorraine (region)	Cow	AOC

Neufchâtel	1969	Normandy	Cow	AOC

Ossau-lraty	1980	Aquitaine	Sheep	AOC

Pélardon	2000	Languedoc-Roussillon	Goat	AOC

Picodon de l'Ardèche or de la Drôme	1983	Rhône-Alpes	Goat	AOC

Pont-l'Évêque	1976	Normandy	Cow	AOC

Pouligny-Saint-Pierre	1972	Centre-Val de Loire	Goat	AOC

Reblochon or Reblochon de Savoie	1958	Savoie and Haute-Savoie	Cow	AOC

Rigotte de Condrieu	2008	Lyon	Goat	AOC

Rocamadour	1996	Midi-Pyrénées	Goat	AOC

Roquefort	1925	Midi-Pyrénées	Sheep	AOC

Sainte-Maure de Touraine	1990	Centre-Val de Loire	Goat	AOC

Saint-Nectaire	1955	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Saint-Félicien	n/a	Rhône-Alpes	Cow	LR

Salers	1979	Auvergne	Cow	AOC

Selles-sur-Cher	1975	Centre-Val de Loire	Goat	AOC

Tome des Bauges [fr]	2002	Savoie	Cow	AOC

Tomme de Savoie and Haute-Savoie	n/a	Savoie	Cow	PGI

Tomme des Pyrénées	n/a	Midi-Pyrénées	Cow	PGI

Trou du Cru	n/a	Burgundy, Côte-d'Or Department	Cow	AOC

Valençay	1998	Centre-Val de Loire	Goat	AOC

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