Murten

Murten/Morat
Municipality
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Murten/Morat is located in Switzerland
Murten/Morat
Murten/Morat
Murten/Morat is located in Canton of Fribourg
Murten/Morat
Murten/Morat
Coordinates: 46°55′N 7°07′E / 46.917°N 7.117°E / 46.917; 7.117
CountrySwitzerland
CantonFribourg
DistrictSee
Government
 • ExecutiveGemeinderat / Conseil communal
with 8 members
 • MayorStadtammann / Syndic (list)
Christian Brechbühl FDP/PRD
(as of March 2014)
 • ParliamentGeneralrat / Conseil général
with 50 members
Area
[1][2]
 • Total12.02 km2 (4.64 sq mi)
Elevation
453 m (1,486 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[3]
 • Total8,278
 • Density690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code(s)
3280
SFOS number2275
ISO 3166 codeCH-FR
Surrounded byBas-Vully, Büchslen, Courgevaux, Galmiz, Greng, Haut-Vully, Lurtigen (Lourtens), Meyriez, Münchenwiler (Villars-Les-Moines) (BE), Muntelier, Müntschemier (BE), Ried bei Kerzers, Salvenach (Saalvagny)
Websitewww.murten-morat.ch
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Murten (German, pronounced [ˈmuːɐ̯tn̩] ⓘ) or Morat (French, pronounced [mɔʁa]; Arpitan: Morât [mɔˈʁa] ⓘ) is a bilingual municipality and a city[4] 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.

On 1 January 1975 the former municipality of Burg bei Murten merged into the municipality of Murten.[5] It was followed on 1 January 1991 by the former municipality of Altavilla and on 1 January 2013 by the former municipality of Büchslen. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Courlevon, Jeuss (Jentes), Lurtigen (Lourtens) and Salvenach (Salvagny) merged into Morat (Murten).[6] On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Galmiz, Gempenach and Clavaleyres (Canton of Bern) merged into the municipality of Murten.

  1. ^ a b "Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen". Federal Statistical Office. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b https://www.murten-morat.ch/zahlenfakten. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeitskategorie Geschlecht und Gemeinde; Provisorische Jahresergebnisse; 2018". Federal Statistical Office. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Impressum".
  5. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 9 February 2013
  6. ^ Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz (in German) accessed 3 February 2016