In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Comté cheese is referenced by 135 other articles, and connects out to brie, appellation d'origine contrôlée and Protected designation of origin.
It is catalogued under topics including Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union, Cow's-milk cheeses and French cheeses.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country of origin
- France
- Region
- Franche-Comté
- Source of milk
- Cows
- Pasteurised
- No
- Texture
- semi-hard
- Aging time
- 4–36 months
- Certification
- Protected Designation of Origin (1996)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cheese
- Area
- 1200000
- Country of origin
- France
- Material used
- cow's milk
- Official website
- www.comte.com
- Image
- Comte AOP.jpg
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- Commons category
- Comté (cheese)
- product certification
- Protected designation of origin
- location of creation
- Franche-Comté
- total produced
- 57894
- Commons gallery
- Comté
- native label
- comté
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Encyclopedic overview
Comté ( French pronunciation: [kɔ̃te] ), also known as Gruyère de Comté, is a hard cheese made from unpasteurised cow's milk in eastern France. The production of Comté is the largest of the Protected designation of origin (PDO) cheeses made in France.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Comté cheese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.