Murten

municipality and city in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
Place municipality_of_switzerland Q68283
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Murten

Summary

Murten is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Murten has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Murten's instance of is recorded as town[8].
  • Murten's shares border with is recorded as Mont-Vully[9].
  • Murten's postal code is recorded as 3280[10].
  • Murten's Commons category is recorded as Murten[11].
  • Murten's licence plate code is recorded as FR[12].
  • Murten's local dialing code is recorded as 026[13].
  • Murten's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.928055555556, 'lon': 7.1169444444444}[14].
  • Murten's official website is recorded as https://www.murten-morat.ch[15].
  • Murten's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Murten[16].
  • Murten's Commons gallery is recorded as Murten[17].
  • Murten has a population of {'amount': '+6024'}[18].
  • Murten has a population of {'amount': '+8222'}[19].
  • Murten has a population of {'amount': '+8278'}[20].
  • Murten's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2275[21].
  • Murten's described by source is recorded as Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[22].
  • Murten's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Murten's replaces is recorded as Salvenach[24].
  • Murten's replaces is recorded as Jeuss[25].
  • Murten's replaces is recorded as Courlevon[26].
  • Murten's replaces is recorded as Lurtigen[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 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+453'}[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6024'}[18], {'amount': '+8222'}[19], and {'amount': '+8278'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland[7] and town[8]. Murten's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Murten include Lake Murten[33], a lake[34], in Switzerland[35].

Why It Matters

Murten has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Murten is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Murten include Lake Murten[33], a lake[34], in Switzerland[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . murten-morat.ch. murten-morat.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Murten
    Capital of → See District
    Coordinates → —
    List of monuments → list of cultural properties in Murten
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