Imsil

Imsil Coonty (Imsil-gun) is a coonty in the North Jeolla Province, Republic o Korea.

Location o Imsil in Jeollabuk-do

Imsil Coonty

Imsil is a coonty in North Jeolla Province, Republic o Korea, approximately 30 minutes sooth o Jeonju bi car or bus, where purely domestic Korean cheese wis first produced. Imsil Coonty encompasses several important touns, muntains, an natural auries.

Climate

Climate data for Imsil (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average heich °C (°F)	3.9 (39.0)	6.5 (43.7)	11.6 (52.9)	18.7 (65.7)	23.3 (73.9)	26.7 (80.1)	28.9 (84.0)	29.6 (85.3)	26.0 (78.8)	20.7 (69.3)	13.3 (55.9)	6.4 (43.5)	18.0 (64.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−2.3 (27.9)	−0.2 (31.6)	4.4 (39.9)	10.6 (51.1)	16.0 (60.8)	20.5 (68.9)	24.0 (75.2)	24.1 (75.4)	19.3 (66.7)	12.3 (54.1)	5.6 (42.1)	−0.3 (31.5)	11.2 (52.2)
Average law °C (°F)	−7.6 (18.3)	−6 (21)	−1.9 (28.6)	3.0 (37.4)	9.2 (48.6)	15.3 (59.5)	20.3 (68.5)	20.1 (68.2)	14.3 (57.7)	5.8 (42.4)	−0.5 (31.1)	−5.8 (21.6)	5.5 (41.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	37.3 (1.47)	43.7 (1.72)	53.8 (2.12)	76.3 (3.00)	88.0 (3.46)	169.2 (6.66)	315.9 (12.44)	311.8 (12.28)	138.5 (5.45)	41.9 (1.65)	46.2 (1.82)	29.3 (1.15)	1,351.9 (53.22)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	10	8	9	8	9	10	15	15	8	5	7	8	112
Average relative humidity (%)	74.8	70.9	68.0	64.0	67.8	73.7	79.5	79.4	77.2	74.4	74.1	75.4	73.3
Mean monthly sunshine oors	161.7	172.7	203.1	232.4	237.4	192.8	166.6	186.5	191.0	209.3	169.6	156.1	2,283
Source: Korea Meteorological Administration

Imsil Cheese Veelage

Imsil Cheese Veelage is locatit near the toun o Imsil (athin the coonty o Imsil). It affers a ane day or mair vacation program for childer an tourists tae learn hou tae ferment cheese.

The cheese produced there is cried Imsil cheese, follaein the coonty name. Imsil cheese is the unusual mission legacy o a Catholic priest frae Belgium who teuk the Korean name o Ji Junghwan. He arrived in the fermin veelage o Imsil, in the mid-1950s, when the economy wis still shattered frae the Korean War. He stairtit a fermers’ milk cooperative. This cooperative eventually became the Imsil Cheese Factory, which exists the day an produces heich quality cheese an yogurt for the Korean mercat.

A pizza franchise uisin Imsil cheese haes become a widespread business in the Republic o Korea syne 2004, unner the name o Imsil Cheese Pizza. Nearbi livestock ferms produce the dairy products required for the manufactur o the cheese.

A group o enterprisin cheese manufacturers decidit tae branch oot intae makkin cheese pizza. In time, Ji Junghwan’s Imsil Cheese Pizza became ane o the maist popular brands, an the day it can be foond throughoot Korea. Pictured on ivery box is the Belgian missionary priest, probably the anerlie missionary in the warld tae hae left a pizza chain as pairt o his legacy.

The veelage is in a rural aurie, wi anerlie a bus runnin there ivery oor, an stops at 8pm. It is best no tae get strandit past 8pm. You can take the Shi-Hae intercity bus terminal in Jeonju an hop on an Imsil bus. Fares differs frae destrict tae destrict. Kang-jin Destrict cost 4800won, while the rest o imsil cost aboot 3800won. Imsil is kent for its natural Scenery. Come tae Duckchi elementary schuil durin the month o Mey tae see cherry blossoms. Tae get there take the Kangjin bus, an tak taxi cab bi sayin "Duck-chi Cho deung hagkyo ka juseyo". (5000 won). There is a university in Imsil cried "Yewon Arts University" fowk go there tae study airts, dance an ither activities.

It haes 14 elementary schuils, an there is an Inglis veelage.

Freemit aintins

• Coonty govrenment hame page Archived 2011-01-04 at the Wayback Machine