Muri bei Bern

Muri bei Bern
Municipality
The church of Gümligen The church of Gümligen
Coat of arms of Muri bei Bern Coat of arms
Location of Muri bei Bern
Coordinates:
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Bern
District	Bern-Mittelland
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Rudolf Saxer FDP
Area
• Total	7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation	558 m (1,831 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	12,334
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)	3074
SFOS number	0356
Surrounded by	Allmendingen, Belp, Berne, Kehrsatz, Köniz, Ostermundigen, Stettlen, Vechigen and Worb
Website	www.muri-guemligen.ch SFSO statistics

Muri bei Bern is a township in Switzerland near Bern. In December 2005, it had a population of 12458 people. The township Muri is two small towns: Muri and Gümligen

History

Muri has been populated since the time of the Romans, but it has only had the name Muri since 1180. It started as a little township with a little castle and some farmhouses. Between the 13th and 15th century it became a very rich township.

Places of interest

• The Aare flows through Muri
• The castle of Muri
• The Villa Mettlen (a villa that is build from a rich man and now it is a music school)
• The church Muri
• The Auguetbrücke (an old bridge over the Aare)

Geography

In Muri it has two big woods; The Hüendli-Wald and the Dentenberg-Wald. Around the Aare it has also a little woods. All together it has 150 hectares of woods, 190 hectares of grassland and 339 hectares of building land. Also Muri has a total area of 760 hectares.

Other websites

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• Official site