Muri District

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 .

Geography

The Muri district has an area,, of. Of this area, or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9.8% is settled.

Coat of arms

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

Demographics

The Muri district has a population of. , 13.2% of the population are foreign nationals.

Economy

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 in the district.

Religion

From the, 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 who belonged to the Christian [Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic] faith.

Education

Of the school age population, there are 2,724 students attending primary school, there are 935 students attending secondary school, there are 569 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 14 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.

Municipalities

Coat of arms	Municipality	Population	Area, km²
Image:CHE Abtwil AG COA.svg\|35px\|Abtwil	Abtwil		4.14
Image:Wappen Aristau.svg\|35px\|Aristau	Aristau		8.64
Image:Wappen Auw AG.svg\|35px\|Auw	Auw		8.61
Image:Wappen Beinwil.svg\|35px\|Beinwil	Beinwil		11.29
	Besenbüren		2.38
Image:Wappen Bettwil.svg\|35px\|Bettwil	Bettwil		4.25
Image:Wappen Boswil.svg\|35px\|Boswil	Boswil		11.78
	Bünzen		5.77
Image:Wappen Buttwil.svg\|35px\|Buttwil	Buttwil		4.61
Image:Coat of arms of Dietwil.svg\|35px\|Dietwil	Dietwil		5.49
Image:CHE Geltwil COA.svg\|35px\|Geltwil	Geltwil		3.28
Image:CHE Kallern COA.svg\|35px\|Kallern	Kallern		2.67
Image:CHE Merenschwand COA.svg\|35px\|Merenschwand	Merenschwand
	Mühlau		5.52
Image:CHE Muri COA.svg\|35px\|Muri	Muri		12.34
	Oberrüti		5.37
Image:CHE Rottenschwil COA.svg\|35px\|Rottenschwil	Rottenschwil		4.49
Image:CHE Sins COA.svg\|35px\|Sins	Sins		20.28
Image:CHE Waltenschwil COA.svg\|35px\|Waltenschwil	Waltenschwil		4.54
Total			138.96

Mergers

The following changes to the district's municipalities have occurred since 2000:

On 1 January 2012 the municipality of Benzenschwil merged into Merenschwand.