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Murten

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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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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Demographics
  • Heritage sites of national significance
  • World heritage site
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Weather
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Murten” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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