Tarui, Gifu

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Tarui | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|垂井町}}}} | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Tarui montage.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Clockwise from top: Shigekado Takenaka's Jinya, Nangu Taisha, Tairyo Shrine, Site of Morichika Chosokabe's Jinya, Mineral Spring in Tarui, Picture of Tarui Traditional Inn in Edo Period | image_flag = Flag of Tarui Gifu.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = Emblem of Tarui, Gifu.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Tarui in Gifu Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Tarui in Gifu Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption =   | coordinates = {{Coord|region:JP|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Japan | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Chūbu | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture | subdivision_name2 = Gifu | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Fuwa | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Hirofumi Hayano | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | total_type = | unit_pref = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 57.09 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 25,632 <ref name=profile>{{cite web |script-title=ja:まちの概要 |url=https://www.town.tarui.lg.jp/page/1141.html |work=Tarui official website |access-date=1 January 2026 |language=Japanese}}</ref> | population_as_of = 1 April 2025 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = Japan Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +9 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = City symbols | blank_info_sec1 =   | blank1_name_sec1 = - Tree | blank1_info_sec1 = Japanese zelkova<ref name=profile /> | blank2_name_sec1 = - Flower | blank2_info_sec1 = Camellia<ref name=profile /> | blank3_name_sec1 = - Bird | blank3_info_sec1 = | blank4_name_sec1 = | blank4_info_sec1 = | blank_name_sec2 = Phone number | blank_info_sec2 = 0584-22-1151 | blank1_name_sec2 = Address | blank1_info_sec2 = 1532-1 Tarui-chō, Fuwa-gun, Gifu-ken 503-2193 | website = {{official|1=http://www.town.tarui.lg.jp}} }} right|thumb|Tarui Town Hall {{nihongo|'''Tarui'''|垂井町|Tarui-chō}} is a town located in Fuwa District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. {{As of|2018|12|01}}, the town had an estimated population of 27,439 and a population density of 480 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, in 10,525 households.<ref>[http://www.town.tarui.lg.jp/ Tarui town official statistics] {{in lang|ja }}</ref> The total area of the town was {{convert|57.09|sqkm|sqmi}}.

==Geography== Tarui is located in far southwestern Gifu Prefecture, at the western end of the Nōbi Plain of Japan. The town has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tarui is 15.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1904 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.7 °C.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.climate-data.org/location/769550/ |title=Tarui climate data |access-date=13 September 2024 |archive-date=25 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225202956/https://en.climate-data.org/location/769550/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Neighbouring municipalities=== *Gifu Prefecture **Ikeda **Ibigawa **Ōgaki **Sekigahara **Yōrō

==Demographics== Per Japanese census data,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-gifu.php |title=Tarui population statistics |access-date=13 September 2024 |archive-date=3 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103110258/https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-gifu.php |url-status=live }}</ref> the population of Tarui peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since. {{Historical populations | 1970 | 23,240 | 1980 | 26,404 | 1990 | 28,605 | 2000 | 28,935 | 2010 | 28,505 | 2020 | 26,402 |align = none | footnote = }}

==History== The area around Tarui was part of traditional Mino Province. Numerous Jōmon period and Kofun period remains have been found in the area, which was the site of the Nara period provincial capital and Provincial temple. During the Edo period, Tarui-juku prospered as a post station on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. The town of Tarui was formed on 1 July 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. The 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake caused considerable damage to the area. Tarui annexed the neighboring villages of Iwate, Fuchu, Miyashiro, Osa, and Aihara in 1954. The 1959 Isewan Typhoon caused severe damage to the town.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

==Education== Tarui has seven public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

==Transportation== ===Railway=== *20px JR Central - Tōkaidō Main Line **{{STN|Tarui|x|Gifu}}

===Highway=== *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|21}}

==Sister cities== *{{flagicon|Canada}} Calgary, Alberta, Canada, since July 1996

==Local attractions== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubkLfTsT5a0 The Beauty of Tarui], a video portraying the major sites of Tarui *Mino Provincial Capital Site, A National Historic Site *Nangū Taisha, the ichinomiya of Mino Province *Tarui Ichirizuka. a National Historic Site

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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.ginet.or.jp/tarui}} {{in lang|ja}}

Category:Tarui, Gifu Category:Towns in Gifu Prefecture