# The best French breads

Baguette, pain de campagne, fougasse and faluche: the breads of French bakeries and regions.

- 57 votes · 15 items
- Apr 23, 2021 · bricoleur_nantes
- https://even.best/en/l/2777/the-best-french-breads

## Top 15

1. **Baguette** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — The emblem of France.
2. **Faluche** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Small flatbread from the north.
3. **Gâche vendéenne** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Brioche-style bread from Vendée.
4. **Country bread** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Large rustic sourdough loaf.
5. **Sourdough bread** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Naturally leavened bread.
6. **Fougasse** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Flat, slashed bread from the south.
7. **Rye bread** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Dense rye bread.
8. **Wholemeal bread** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Wholemeal bread.
9. **Milk bread** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Soft milk roll.
10. **Épi bread** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Baguette cut like an ear of wheat.
11. **Fouée** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Puffed bread from Touraine.
12. **Pain bis** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Bread from light wholemeal flour.
13. **Polka bread** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Large crosshatched loaf.
14. **Woodcutter's bread** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Rustic woodcutter's bread.
15. **Napoléon bread** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Bread from Cherbourg.

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