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Muriaux
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Also known as Muriaux JU

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

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • 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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