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 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.

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
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