The French baguette has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The culture of French baguette making and the way of life it symbolizes have been added to the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List. In total, it contains 600 traditions from 130 countries. The baguette became popular in the 1960s and 1970s when it took over the countryside. According to some reports, such loaves were commonplace already in the 18th century. Now France produces about 16 million baguettes a day - that's almost six billion a year. At the same time, in recent decades, people began to eat less of such bread.