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Muri District

Muri District
Bezirk Muri
District
Location of Muri District
Country   Switzerland
Canton  Aargau
Capital Muri
Area
 • Total 138.96 km2 (53.65 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 34,801
 • Density 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Municipalities 19

Muri District is a district in the Swiss Canton of Aargau with the administrative capital of Muri. It covers the central and southern part of Freiamt and has a population of 34,801 (as of 31 December 2015).

The Muri district has an area, as of 2009, of 138.96 square kilometers (53.65 sq mi). Of this area, 95.6 km2 (36.9 sq mi) or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.76 km2 (10.33 sq mi) or 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.62 km2 (5.26 sq mi) or 9.8% is settled (buildings or roads).

The blazon of the district coat of arms is Gules a Wall in fess embattled Argent masoned Sable..

The Muri district has a population (as of December 2015) of 34,801. As of June 2009, 13.2% of the population are foreign nationals.

In 2000 there were 15,053 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 10,391 or about 69.0% of the residents worked outside the Muri district while 4,675 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 9,337 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.

From the 2000 census, 18,897 or 66.9% were Roman Catholic, while 4,960 or 17.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 18 individuals (or about 0.06% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.


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