Mur, Switzerland

Geschichte

Mur is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.The municipalities of Bellerive, Chabrey, Constantine, Montmagny, Mur, Vallamand and Villars-le-Grand merged on 1 July 2011 into the new municipality of Vully-les-Lacs.HistoryMur is first mentioned in 1396 as Murs.GeographyMur has an area, of 1.78km2. Of this area, 1.33km2 or 74.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.16km2 or 9.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.26km2 or 14.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02km2 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 municipality was part of the Avenches District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Mur became part of the new district of Broye-Vully.