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Ten great bars in Paris only locals know about

Escaping chain pubs and tourist trap bars is easy in Paris if you know where to look. Here's 10 great, locals-only bars brought to you by the authors of the brand new book "Parisian's Guide to Cafés, Bars and Restaurants."

Published: 8 September 2014 14:09 CEST
Updated: 9 September 2014 14:09 CEST

Paris is loaded with charming cafés and quirky bars, but sometimes you need the help of someone with a few more Paris years under her or his belt to find the best ones – or you’ll be stuck hanging out in chain pubs like Corcoran’s forever.

That's why The Local is bringing you some highlights from the brand new guide book “The Parisians’ Guide to Cafés, Bars and Restaurants.“

The authors are a team of Parisians and frequent visitors who have evidently spent their share of nights in its watering holes.

So are you looking for a good place that's kind of quiet or on the hip side of the spectrum? How about live jazz or DJ sets?

And let us not forget the all important question of a nice, long happy hour?

Here's 10 true Parisian haunts where you can drink like a local.

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Cheese in numbers: France’s obsession with fromage

March 27th is the Journée nationale du fromage in France – so here are a few facts about the delicious dairy delicacy.

246

Charles de Gaulle famously once asked of governing France: “How can anyone govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese?”.

His numbers were wrong. Producers in France make closer to 1,000 varieties of cheese – and some have estimated that figure could be pushed up as high as 1,600.

8

The number of cheese ‘families’ in France. A good cheeseboard in France is generally considered to consist of at least three ‘families’ – a soft cheese, a hard cheese and either a blue or a goat’s cheese. Remember, too, an odd number of fromages on a platter is better than an even number, according from cheese etiquettists

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2.5

About how long – in years – it would take you to try every cheese made in France, if you tried a new variety every day. Life goals.

95

The percentage of people in France who say they eat cheese at least once a week, spending seven percent of their weekly food bill on it.

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40

Two-fifths of French people say they eat cheese every day

57

The amount of cheese produced, in kilogrammes, in France every second, according to this website, which has a counter to show you how fast that really is. It’s estimated that 1.8 million tonnes of cheese are produced in France every year.

27

The French consume, on average, a whopping 27 kilogrammes of cheese per person per year.

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3

The three most popular cheeses in France, based on sales, are Emmental, Camembert, and Raclette – followed by mozzarella, goat’s cheese, Comté and Coulommiers.

63

Some 63 cheeses have been awarded the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée status, which means they can only be produced in a certain region.

1

France has – or at least soon will have – one dedicated cheese museum.

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