Murten

Summary

Murten is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Murten ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Murten was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Murten is located in See District^[4].
• Murten is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Murten is on the body of water Lake Murten^[6].
• Murten's image is recorded as Murten (Suiza). Tejados 2.jpg^[7].
• Murten's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Murten's instance of is recorded as town^[9].
• Murten's shares border with is recorded as Mont-Vully^[10].
• Murten's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Murten FR COA.svg^[11].
• Murten's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124377145^[12].
• Murten's GND ID is recorded as 4075105-3^[13].
• Murten's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Murten 2013.png^[14].
• Murten's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83208865^[15].
• Murten's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122413805^[16].
• Murten's IdRef ID is recorded as 25694556X^[17].
• Murten's postal code is recorded as 3280^[18].
• Murten's Commons category is recorded as Murten^[19].
• Murten's licence plate code is recorded as FR^[20].
• Murten's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5817743^[21].
• Murten's local dialing code is recorded as 026^[22].
• Murten's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.928055555556, 'lon': 7.1169444444444}^[23].
• Murten's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04yt1_^[24].
• Murten's Swiss municipality code is recorded as 2275^[25].
• Murten's official website is recorded as https://www.murten-morat.ch^[26].
• Murten's HDS ID is recorded as 001014^[27].

Body

Geography

Murten is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Murten is located in See District^[4]. Murten is on the body of water Lake Murten^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.02'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24.7'}^[29], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+36.48'}^[30]. Murten's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+453'}^[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6024'}^[32], {'amount': '+8222'}^[33], and {'amount': '+8278'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8] and town^[9]. Murten's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[35].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Murten include Lake Murten^[36], a lake^[37], in Switzerland^[38].

Why It Matters

Murten ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).^[2] Murten has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Murten is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Murten include Lake Murten^[36], a lake^[37], in Switzerland^[38].