Murten
Municipality in Fribourg, Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Murten/Morat | |
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Coordinates: 46°55′N 7°07′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)[3] | |
• 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 |
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.