Muriaux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

[6] The widely scattered settlements of municipality are located in the Franches-Montagnes district.

[7] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Or, a Roundel Argent bordered Gules, in base triple steep Mountain Peaks Vert.

[11] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (392 or 91.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (32 or 7.4%) and Italian is the third (2 or 0.5%).

[11] The historical population is given in the following chart:[4][15] The entire village of Muriaux is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[16] The small motor museum closed in 2008 although the collection on which it was based remains in place.

[17] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 26.5% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 182 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.7%.

[11] There were 241 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 27 or 67.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 5.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 7 or 17.5% were in a hotel or restaurant, and 1 was a technical professional or scientist.

[11] The municipality has two railway stations, Muriaux and Les Emibois, on the La Chaux-de-Fonds–Glovelier line.

From the 2000 census[update], 278 or 64.7% were Roman Catholic, while 82 or 19.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.