Muriaux

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.

Doubs river near Muriaux