Mur, Switzerland

Mur is first mentioned in 1396 as Murs. ==Geography==

Mur has an area, , of . Of this area, or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 9.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 14.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 1.1% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.3% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.1%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.2% of the area Out of the forested land, 7.9% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 55.6% is used for growing crops and 11.2% is pastures, while 7.9% is used for orchards or vine crops. The village is divided by the Fribourg-Vaud border with the easternmost part of the village belonging to the Fribourg municipality of Haut-Vully. ==Coat of arms==

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Sable and Vert, overall a Wall embattled Argent masoned Sable. This is an example of canting as the word for wall in French is le mur. ==Demographics==

Mur has a population () of 211. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 24.1%. It has changed at a rate of 24.7% due to migration and at a rate of -1.2% due to births and deaths. Most of the population () speaks French (124 or 71.7%), with German being second most common (43 or 24.9%) and Portuguese being third (3 or 1.7%). , there were 74 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 76 married individuals, 13 widows or widowers and 10 individuals who are divorced. the average number of residents per living room was 0.53 which is fewer people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. About 68.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement). , there were 67 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. there were 80 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 20. There were 1 single room apartments and 42 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 64 apartments (80.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (12.5%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (7.5%) were empty. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:180 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:40 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:8 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1764 from:start till:100 text:"100" bar:1850 from:start till:115 text:"115" bar:1860 from:start till:112 text:"112" bar:1870 from:start till:145 text:"145" bar:1880 from:start till:170 text:"170" bar:1888 from:start till:146 text:"146" bar:1900 from:start till:146 text:"146" bar:1910 from:start till:142 text:"142" bar:1920 from:start till:132 text:"132" bar:1930 from:start till:139 text:"139" bar:1941 from:start till:122 text:"122" bar:1950 from:start till:115 text:"115" bar:1960 from:start till:145 text:"145" bar:1970 from:start till:117 text:"117" bar:1980 from:start till:117 text:"117" bar:1990 from:start till:156 text:"156" bar:2000 from:start till:173 text:"173" ==Heritage sites of national significance==

Guévaux Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The prehistoric settlement at Chenevières de Guévaux I is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ==Politics==

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 28.05% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (20.17%), the SP (18.82%) and the Green Party (10.44%). In the federal election, a total of 81 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.0%. ==Economy==

, Mur had an unemployment rate of 2%. , there were 32 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 9 businesses involved in this sector. 6 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 17 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector. , there were 6 workers who commuted into the municipality and 51 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 8.5 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 58% used a private car. ==Religion==

From the , 21 or 12.1% were Roman Catholic, while 131 or 75.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church who belonged, and there were 5 individuals (or about 2.89% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. 14 (or about 8.09% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 1 individuals (or about 0.58% of the population) did not answer the question. ==Education==

In Mur about 47 or (27.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 36 or (20.8%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 36 who completed tertiary schooling, 61.1% were Swiss men, 36.1% were Swiss women. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 12 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 13 students in those schools. There were also 1 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. , there were 5 students in Mur who came from another municipality, while 37 residents attended schools outside the municipality. ==References==