Murist

Former municipality of Switzerland

La Molière tower in Murist

Coat of arms

Murist

Location of Murist

Coordinates: 46°47′N 6°48′E / 46.783°N 6.800°ECoordinates: 46°47′N 6°48′E / 46.783°N 6.800°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Syndic

Area

• Total

8.20 km² (3.17 sq mi)

Elevation

662 m (2,172 ft)

Population (Dec 2015)

• Total

621

• Density

76/km² (200/sq mi)

Postal code

1489

SFOS number

2034

Localities

Murist, Franex, La Vounaise, Montborget

Surrounded by

Bollion, Châbles, Chavannes-le-Chêne (VD), Cheyres, Les Montets, Nuvilly, Seiry, Treytorrens (Payerne) (VD)

Website

SFSO statistics

Murist is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Its territory was enlarged in 1981 with the formerly independent municipalities La Vounaise and Montborget, and in 1992 with Franex. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Murist, Bussy, Estavayer-le-Lac, Morens, Rueyres-les-Prés, Vernay and Vuissens merged into the new municipality of Estavayer.

Murist is first mentioned in 1228 as Muris.

Murist hds an area, as of 2009^[update], of 8.2 square kilometers (3.2 sq mi). Of this area, 6.11 km² (2.36 sq mi) or 74.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.47 km² (0.57 sq mi) or 17.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.62 km² (0.24 sq mi) or 7.6% is settled (buildings or roads).

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. Out of the forested land, 15.7% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 51.3% is used for growing crops and 21.5% is pastures, while 1.7% is used for orchards or vine crops.

The former municipality is located in the Broye district, in the Estavayer-le-Lac exclave.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, a Tower Argent roofed issuant from Coupeaux Sable between two Mullets Or pierced.

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