Roquefort-sur-Soulzon

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Roquefort-sur-Soulzon is a French commune in southern France renowned as the historic center of production for Roquefort blue cheese, aged in its natural limestone caves.

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Label Occurrences
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cheese-producing locality ⓘ
commune of France ⓘ
rural municipality ⓘ
administrativeStatus commune ⓘ
belongsTo arrondissement of Millau ⓘ
canton of Saint-Affrique ⓘ
cheeseAgedIn natural limestone caves ⓘ
cheeseMaturationCondition ventilated caves with fleurines ⓘ
cheeseMilkSource Lacaune sheep ⓘ
country France ⓘ
departmentCode 12 ⓘ
economicActivity agritourism ⓘ
cheese making ⓘ
dairy industry ⓘ
gastronomic tourism ⓘ
grantsNameTo Roquefort cheese ⓘ
linked to: Roquefort
hasCheeseMaturationCaves Gabriel Coulet caves ⓘ
Papillon caves ⓘ
Societe caves ⓘ
hasClimate temperate climate ⓘ
hasGeology limestone plateau ⓘ
rockfalls forming caves and fissures ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus protected cheese-making tradition ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature Combalou massif ⓘ
limestone caves ⓘ
hasRegulatedProduction Roquefort cheese aging and ripening ⓘ
hasTouristInfrastructure cheese museum and visitor centers ⓘ
knownFor Roquefort cheese production ⓘ
limestone caves used for cheese aging ⓘ
languageRegion historical Occitan-speaking area ⓘ
legalRequirementForRoquefort cheese must be matured in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon caves ⓘ
locatedIn Aveyron department ⓘ
Occitanie region ⓘ
linked to: Occitanie

southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
locatedOn Soulzon stream ⓘ
nearbyCity Millau ⓘ
partOf Massif Central foothills ⓘ
postalCode 12250 ⓘ
protectedDesignation Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée production zone for Roquefort cheese ⓘ
Appellation d’Origine Protégée production zone for Roquefort cheese ⓘ
regionCuisine Occitan cuisine ⓘ
regionEconomyDominatedBy Roquefort cheese industry ⓘ
regionSpeciality sheep’s milk blue cheese ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction guided visits of cheese caves ⓘ
tastings of Roquefort cheese ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aveyron → contains → Roquefort-sur-Soulzon ⓘ
canton of Saint-Affrique → contains → Roquefort-sur-Soulzon ⓘ
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon caves → locatedIn → Roquefort-sur-Soulzon ⓘ
Larzac military camp → near → Roquefort-sur-Soulzon ⓘ