Murist
Murist is a former municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Its territory was enlarged in 1981 with the formerly independent municipalities La Vounaise and Montborget, and in 1992 with Franex.Photo: Christophe95, CC0.
- Type: Village with 631 residents
- Description: former municipality and village in Estavayer in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Murist FR”
- Postal code: 1489
Places of Interest
Highlights include La Molière, medieval castle and fortress ruins and Church and Rectory.
Cheyres railway station
Railway stop
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cheyres railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Cheyres, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Fribourg–Yverdon line of Swiss Federal Railways. Cheyres railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Murist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franex and La Vounaise.
Franex
Hamlet
Photo: Sinenomine2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franex is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1242 as Frasnei. The municipality had 84 inhabitants in 1811, which increased to 131 in 1850.
La Vounaise
Hamlet
La Vounaise is a village and former municipality in the district of Broye in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 1981 the municipality was incorporated into the larger, neighboring municipality Murist.
Nuvilly
Village
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nuvilly is a municipality in the district of Broye, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Murist
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Estavayer, Broye District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.79064° or 46° 47′ 26″ northLongitude
6.8072° or 6° 48′ 26″ eastPopulation
631Elevation
678 metres (2,224 feet)Open location code
8FR8QRR4+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 240088714OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6941585Wikidata ID
Q68655
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Satellite Map
Discover Murist from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Murist” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Murist”
- Basque: “Murist”
- Catalan: “Murist”
- Cebuano: “Murist (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Murist”
- Chinese: “Murist”
- Chinese: “穆里斯”
- Dutch: “Murist”
- Esperanto: “Murist”
- French: “Murist”
- German: “Murist FR”
- German: “Murist”
- Hungarian: “Murist”
- Irish: “Murist”
- Italian: “Murist”
- Lombard: “Murist”
- Malay: “Murist”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Murist”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Murist”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Murist”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Murist”
- Portuguese: “Murist”
- Romansh: “Murist”
- Spanish: “Murist”
- Swedish: “Murist”
- Turkish: “Murist”
- Upper Sorbian: “Murist”
- Vietnamese: “Murist”
- Volapük: “Murist”
- Waray (Philippines): “Murist”
- Welsh: “Murist”
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Explore places such as Les Etangs and Clos Neuf.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grotte de la Molière and Étang Tacule.
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