Tarare

This article is about the French commune. For the opera by Salieri after a play by Beaumarchais, see Tarare (opera). For the 18th-century polyphagist, see Tarrare. For the 19th-century racehorse, see Tarrare (horse).

Tarare
Tarare
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
Arrondissement	Villefranche-sur-Saône
Canton	Tarare (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Pays de Tarare
Mayor	Thomas Chadoeuf-Hoebeke (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	350–727 m (1,150–2,385 ft) (avg. 359 m or 1,178 ft)
Land area1	13.99 km2 (5.40 sq mi)
Population2	10,673  (2006)
- Density	763 /km2 (1,980 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	243-COM 69 243/ 69 170
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tarare is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.

It lies on the Turdine river, 28 miles west-northwest of Lyon by rail.

History

Pop. (1906) 11,643.

The current population of the town of Tarare (2007 census) is 10,869 .

Economy

According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:

"Tarare is the centre of a region engaged in the production of muslins, tarletans, embroidery and silk-plush, and in printing, bleaching and other subsidiary processes. Till 1756, when the manufacture of muslins was introduced from Switzerland, the town lay unknown among the Beaujolais mountains. The manufacture of Swiss cotton yarns and crochet embroideries was introduced at the end of the 18th century; at the beginning of the 19th figured stuffs, openworks and zephyrs were first produced. The manufacture of silk-plush for hats and machine-made velvets was set up towards the end of the 19th century. A busy trade is carried on in corn, cattle, linen, hemp, thread and leather."

Nearby villages

• Affoux
• L'Arbresle
• Ancy
• Le Bois-d'Oingt
• Chatillon-d'Azergues
• Dareizé
• Dième
• Lentilly
• Lozanne
• Joux
• Les Olmes
• Les Sauvages
• La Tour-de-Salvagny
• Pontcharra-sur-Turdine
• Saint-Appolinaire
• Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne
• Saint-Forgeux
• Saint-Loup
• Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé
• Saint-Romain-de-Popey
• Sarcey
• Valsonne
• Violay

See also

• Villefranche - Tarare Airport
• Communes of the Rhône department

References

• INSEE
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.