Muri

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Coordinates: 47°17′N 8°21′E

Muri
Coat of Arms of Muri
Canton Aargau
District Muri
Coordinates  47°17′N 8°21′E
Population 6549   (December 2005)
Area 12.34 km²
Elevation 460 m
Postal code 5630
SFOS number 4236
Website www.muri.ch
Location on map of Switzerland
Muri
For other uses, see Muri (disambiguation).

Muri is a town in Switzerland, in the district of Muri in the Canton of Aargau.

It was best known historically as the site of the former Benedictine Muri Abbey, which was dissolved in 1841 and re-located to the South Tyrol , where it is now known as Muri-Gries.