TARARE  , a

town of east-central France, in the department of Rhone, on the Turdine, 28 m . W.N.W. of Lyons by rail . Pop . (1906) 11,643 . It 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, open-works 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 .