Mur, Switzerland
Mur (VD ) is a place in the political community Vully -les -Lacs in the district Broye Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
The village Mur is politically divided into two parts. The smaller, eastern part belongs as Mur (Vully ) to the municipality of Haut-Vully in the canton of Fribourg.
Geography
Mur is located at 484 m above sea level. M., 17 km north-east of the district main town Payerne ( straight line ). The village extends along the ridge southwest of Mont Vully, between Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Morat, a scenic location about 50 m above the lake level of Lake Morat, the Swiss Plateau.
The area of 1.8 km ² large municipality area includes a section on the north shore of Lake Murten. The communal land extends from the shore over the shallow riparian corridors north on the wide Molassehöhenrücken, on 541 m above sea level. M. on the corridor Sur Bessy the highest point of Mur is achieved. Against the Murten towards the stream Ruisseau de Forel has dug a small erosion valley in the molasse. From the municipality surface 1997 10 % came from settlements, 9% of forest and shrubs, 80 % to agriculture and slightly less than 1% was unproductive land.
For Mur include the district of La Rat ( 505 m above sea level. M. ) on the ridge and the hamlet Guévaux ( 439 m above sea level. M. ) at the foot of the ridge, near the mouth of Ruisseau de Forel in Lake Murten, as well as some individual farms. Neighboring communities of Mur were Vallamand and Cudrefin in the Canton of Vaud and skin -Vully in the canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 203 inhabitants ( 31 December 2010) Mur was one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 71.7 % inhabitants are French-speaking, German-speaking and 24.9% 1.7% portugiesischsprachig (as of 2000). The population of Mur amounted in 1870 to 145 residents in 1900 to 146 inhabitants. After the population had declined by 1980 to 116 people, a significant population increase has been registered since then again.
Economy
Mur was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming and fruit growing have an important role in the economic structure of the population. At the optimally exposed to the sun southern slopes above Lake Murten wine production. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed thanks to its attractive location and into a residential community. Some of the working population commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares on a road from Salavaux after Lugnorre. By Postbus course, which runs from Sugiez after Lugnorre at the southern foot of Mont Vully, Mur is connected to the public transport network.
History
On the shores of Lake Murten some remains of a lake-dwelling were discovered. The first mention of Mur was in 1319 under the name Murs. Since the Middle Ages Mur belonged to the Savoy Kastlanei Cudrefin. The separation of Mur dates back to the 14th century, when the western part to Cudrefin, the eastern to the rule Lugnorre belonged.
With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, the village came under the administration of the Bailiwick of Avenches. In 1676 many homes a fire fell victim. After the collapse of the ancien régime Mur in 1798 affiliated to the Canton of Fribourg during the Helvetic Republic. With the enactment of the Act of Mediation in 1803 the village was re- allocated together with the present-day district of Avenches an exclave of the Canton of Vaud. Mur has no church of its own, it belongs to the parish Montet - Cudrefin. July 1, 2011 Mur merged with six other municipalities to the municipality Vully -les -Lacs.