Murten
Murten/Morat | |
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Location of Murten/Morat | |
| Coordinates: 46°55′N 7°07′E / 46.917°N 7.117°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Fribourg |
| District | See |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Gemeinderat / Conseil communal with 8 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtammann / Syndic (list) Christian Brechbühl FDP/PRD (as of March 2014) |
| • Parliament | Generalrat / Conseil général with 50 members |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.02 km2 (4.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 453 m (1,486 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 8,278 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3280 |
| SFOS number | 2275 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-FR |
| Surrounded by | Bas-Vully, Büchslen, Courgevaux, Galmiz, Greng, Haut-Vully, Lurtigen (Lourtens), Meyriez, Münchenwiler (Villars-Les-Moines) (BE), Muntelier, Müntschemier (BE), Ried bei Kerzers, Salvenach (Saalvagny) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Murten (German, pronounced [ˈmuːɐ̯tn̩] ⓘ) or Morat (French, pronounced [mɔʁa]; Arpitan: Morât [mɔˈʁa] ⓘ) 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.
On 1 January 1975 the former municipality of Burg bei Murten merged into the municipality of Murten. 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). On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Galmiz, Gempenach and Clavaleyres (Canton of Bern) merged into the municipality of Murten.