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Lurtigen
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Also known as Lurtigen FR, Lourtens

thumb|Lurtigen with the school building (left) Lurtigen (German) or Lourtens (, ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its French name, little-used today, is Lourtens. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Courlevon, Jeuss, Lurtigen and Salvenach merged into Murten.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Lurtigen/Lourtens
Swiss town.municipality_type
former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
Lurtigen-coat of arms.svg
Swiss town.canton
Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-FR
Swiss town.district
See
Swiss town.postal_code
3215
Swiss town.municipality_code
2270
Swiss town.area
2.30
Swiss town.elevation
567
Swiss town.population
183
Swiss town.populationof
Dec 2014
Swiss town.popofyear
2014
Swiss town.mayor_title
Ammann
Swiss town.executive_name
Gemeinderat
Swiss town.executive_number_of_members
5
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Büchslen, Staatswald Galm, Gempenach, Murten/Morat, Salvenach, Ulmiz

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Wikidata facts

Area
2.30
Elevation
567
Official website
www.lurtigen.ch
Image
Lurtigen Schulhaus.jpg
Dialing code
031
Licence plate code
FR
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Commons category
Lurtigen
postal code
3215
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11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Sights
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Education
  • References
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thumb|Lurtigen with the school building (left) Lurtigen (German) or Lourtens (, ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its French name, little-used today, is Lourtens. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Courlevon, Jeuss, Lurtigen and Salvenach merged into Murten.

==History== Lurtigen is first mentioned in 1397 as Lurtens. In 1508 it was mentioned as Lurting.

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