Murten

Also known as Morat, Murten/Morat, Muratum, Murten FR

Murten () or Morat (; ) is a bilingual municipality and a city in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Murten/Morat
Swiss town.image_photo: Stadt-murten.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: City
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Murten Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Murten FR COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Fribourg
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-FR
Swiss town.district: See
Swiss town.postal_code: 3280
Swiss town.municipality_code: 2275
Swiss town.area: 12.02
Swiss town.elevation: 453
Swiss town.website: www.murten-morat.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Christian Brechbühl
Swiss town.mayor_asof: March 2014
Swiss town.mayor_party: FDP/PRD
Swiss town.mayor_title: Stadtammann / Syndic
Swiss town.list_of_mayors: List of mayors of Murten

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Murten
Demonym: Moratois
Population: 8278
Area: 36.48
Elevation: 453
Official website: www.murten-morat.ch
Image: Murten (Suiza). Tejados 2.jpg
Dialing code: 026
Licence plate code: FR

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Commons gallery: Murten
Commons category: Murten
postal code: 3280
external data available at URL: geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2275

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Murten () or Morat (; ) is a bilingual municipality and a city in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat (also known as Lake Murten). Morat is situated between Neuchâtel and Fribourg and is the capital of the See/Lac District of the canton of Fribourg. It is one of the municipalities with a majority (about 75%) of German speakers in the predominantly French-speaking Canton of Fribourg.