Benzenschwil is a former municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

[2] In the Middle Ages, the major landholders included the Lords of Hünenberg (owner of the high and low justice rights) and the Frauenthal and Muri monasteries.

In 1394 the Merenschwand district, which included Benzenschwil, bought its freedom and placed itself under the city of Lucerne.

In 1803, Benzenschwil, and the rest of the Merenschwand district, became part of the newly formed Canton of Aargau.

[2] The population of Benzenschwil belongs to the Merenschwand parish, but since 1972 have a chapel that is integrated into the village school.

[2] Benzenschwil has an area, as of 2009[update], of 2.46 square kilometers (0.95 sq mi).

[3] The municipality is located in the Muri district, on the eastern foot of the Lindenberg in the upper Freiamt.

[7] The age distribution, as of 2008[update], in Benzenschwil is; 49 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 97 teenagers or 17.5% are between 10 and 19.

[9] About 67.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[7] The historical population is given in the following table:[2] As of  2007[update], Benzenschwil had an unemployment rate of 2.83%.

[7] From the 2000 census[update], 355 or 68.5% were Roman Catholic, while 97 or 18.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.