Mur is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

[2] Mur has an area, as of 2009[update], of 1.78 square kilometers (0.69 sq mi).

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (124 or 71.7%), with German being second most common (43 or 24.9%) and Portuguese being third (3 or 1.7%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Mur is; 21 children or 10.0% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 26 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 68.8% 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).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][13] Guévaux Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[15] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 28.05% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 81 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 54.0%.

[6] There were 88 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.5% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 39.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 23, of which 21 were in agriculture and 2 were in fishing or fisheries.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 27.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 18.2% were in the information industry, 4 or 36.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 21 or 12.1% were Roman Catholic, while 131 or 75.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts.

[19] During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care.

The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years.