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 (as of ).

Geography

The Muri district has an area,, of 138.96 km2. Of this area, 95.6 km2 or 68.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while 26.76 km2 or 19.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 13.62 km2 or 9.8% is settled (buildings or roads).

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 (of at least 6 hours per week) 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 (or about 0.06% of the population) who belonged to the 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

Mergers

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