Muriaux
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Muriaux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipality of Le Peuchapatte merged into the municipality of Muriaux.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Muriaux
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Muriaux.JPG
- Swiss town.image_caption
- Rocky peaks near the ruins of Spiegelberg by Muriaux village
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Muriaux-blazon.svg
- Swiss town.canton
- Jura
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-JU
- Swiss town.district
- Franches-Montagnes
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 2338
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 6753
- Swiss town.area
- 16.89
- Swiss town.elevation
- 947
- Swiss town.website
- muriaux.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Maire
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Le Noirmont, Goumois, Les Pommerats, Saignelégier, La Chaux-des-Breuleux, Les Breuleux, Le Peuchapatte, Villeret(BE), Saint-Imier(BE)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Muriaux
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Franches-Montagnes District
- Contains
- Muriaux
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 518
- Area
- 16.88
- Elevation
- 947
- Official website
- www.muriaux.ch
- Image
- Muriaux.JPG
- Dialing code
- 032
- Licence plate code
- JU
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- Commons category
- Muriaux
- postal code
- 2338
- replaces
- Le Peuchapatte
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6753
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Sights
- Motor Museum
- Politics
- Economy
- Transport
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Muriaux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipality of Le Peuchapatte merged into the municipality of Muriaux.
==History== Muriaux is first mentioned in 1301 as Murival. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Spiegelberg, however, that name is no longer used.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muriaux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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