Matran

Also known as Matran FR

Matran (, ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Matran
Swiss town.municipality_type: municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Matran COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-FR
Swiss town.district: Sarine
Swiss town.postal_code: 1753
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2208
Swiss town.area: 2.89
Swiss town.elevation: 614
Swiss town.website: www.matran.ch
Swiss town.mayor_title: Syndic
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities

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History
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Politics
Economy
Religion
Education
Transportation
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Matran (, ) is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

==History== Matran is first mentioned in 1123 as Martrans. It is then mentioned in 1138 under the name Martrens en Nuithonie. Later it changed to Martrans (1148), Matrans (1157), Martranz (1285), Martrant (1445), Martrand (1555) and Matrang (1668). The place name derives from "Martyrus".