Geography
Muri bei Bern has an area of 7.63 km² (2.95 sq mi) . Of this area, 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) or 26.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi) or 21.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.79 km2 (1.46 sq mi) or 49.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.14 km2 (35 acres) or 1.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.05 km2 (12 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.0% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 32.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.7%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 20.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.2% is used for growing crops and 6.8% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The highest point is 727 m (2,385 ft) on the Dentenberg Mountain; the lowest point is 508 m (1,667 ft) at the Aare River.
The municipality is located on a terrace above the right bank of the Aare river and is part of the agglomeration of Bern. It consists of the villages of Muri and Gümligen.
On 31 December 2009 Amtsbezirk Bern, the municipality's former district, was dissolved. On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland.
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