| Imsil | |
| Native Name Lang: | ko |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Translit Lang1: | Korean |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Hangul |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | 임실군 |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Hanja |
| Translit Lang1 Info3: | Imsil-gun |
| Translit Lang1 Info4: | Imsil-gun |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Honam |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Dialect |
| Population Blank1: | Jeolla |
| Area Total Km2: | 596.88 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 30,708--> |
| Population Total: | 26,664 |
| Population As Of: | March, 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | 45 |
| Parts Type: | Administrative divisions |
| Parts: | 1 eup, 11 myeon |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Imsil logo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Emblem of Imsil |
Imsil County is a county in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Imsil County is a county in central South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is an area upstream of the Seomjingang River in the Noryeongsan Mountains, and there is a basin that runs southeast to Namwon. The county office is located in Imsil-eup, and the administrative district is 11 myeon, 1eup.
It is approximately 30 minutes south of Jeonju by car or bus. Domestic Korean cheese was first produced in Imsil County. Imsil County encompasses several important towns, mountains and natural areas.
Imsil-gun has 14 elementary schools and an English center.
See also: Proto–Three Kingdoms period. Imsil belonged to the Mahan State, as New Wunsin State.[1]
See also: Three Kingdoms period of Korea. The County was Inghil-gun in Baekje.
See also: Unified Silla Period. Imsil-gun belonged to Namwon-bu. Ingil-gun was renamed Imsil-gun in 759. The stone pagoda at Imsil Jingusaji Temple Site was also built during the Unified Silla period.
The building was relocated in 2010.
Imsil Cheese Village (Korean: 임실치즈테마파크) is located near the town of Imsil (within the county of Imsil). It offers vacation programs for children and tourists to learn how to make cheese.
The cheese produced there is called Imsil cheese, following the county name. Imsil cheese is the unusual mission legacy of a Catholic priest from Belgium who took the Korean name of Ji Junghwan. He arrived in the farming village of Imsil, in the mid-1950s, when the economy was still shattered from the Korean War. He started a farmers’ milk cooperative, which eventually became the Imsil Cheese Factory. The factory still exists today and produces high-quality cheese and yogurt for the Korean market.
A pizza franchise using Imsil cheese has become a widespread business in South Korea since 2004, under the name of Imsil Cheese Pizza.[2] Nearby livestock farms produce the dairy products required for the manufacture of the cheese.
Okjeongho Lake (Korean: 옥정호) is an artificial lake created by the construction of the Seomjingang River Dam. There is a walking trail by the lake.[3] In the upper reaches of the Seomjingang River, Okjeongho Lake has a large temperature difference between night and day, so fog rises.[4]
Yewon Arts University is located in Imsil.
Imsil is twinned with:
