Murten
Murten is a predominately German speaking town located on the German/French language border in the Three Lakes area of Switzerland.
- Town with about 8,280 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 440 metres (1,430 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Morat”
- Description: municipality and city in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
- Postal code: 3280
- Also known as“Muratum”“Murten FR”“Murten/Morat”
Places of Interest
Discover Murten/Morat railway station and Morat Castle.
Murten/Morat railway station
Murten/Morat railway station is a railway station…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Münchenwiler and Muntelier.
Muntelier
Muntelier is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Murten
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Latitude
46.9289° or 46° 55′ 44″ north
Longitude
7.1164° or 7° 6′ 59″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH MTN
Open location code
8FR9W4H8+GH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Murten” goes by many names.
MurtenAfrikaans
MurtenAlbanian
مورتينArabic
MurtenAragonese
ՄուրթենArmenian
ՄուրտենArmenian
MorâtArpitan
MurtenAsturian
MurtenBasque
MoratCatalan
MurtenCatalan
Murten/MoratCebuano
Murten/Morat (munisipyo)Cebuano
穆尔滕Chinese
穆爾滕Chinese
MoratCorsican
MurtenCzech
MurtenDutch
مورتينEgyptian Arabic
Lac de MoratEsperanto
MoratEsperanto
MoratoEsperanto
MurtenEsperanto
MurtenseeEsperanto
MurtenFinnish
MurtenIrish
MoratItalian
Morato (historical)Italian
MurtenItalian
ムルテンJapanese
무르텐Korean
MurtenKurdish
MoratLatin
MuratumLatin
MurtenLatin
MurtenLombard
Murten/MoratLombard
МуртенMacedonian
MurtenMalay
MurtenMin Nan Chinese
MurtenNorwegian Nynorsk
MurtenOccitan (post 1500)
مورتانPersian
MurtenPiemontese
MurtenPolish
MurtenRomanian
MurtenRomansh
Murten/MoratRomansh
МораRussian
МуртенRussian
MurtenSerbian
МуртенSerbian
Муртен/МоратSerbian
MurtenSerbo-Croatian
MoratSicilian
MurtenSicilian
MurtenSlovenian
MoratSwedish
MurtenSwedish
Murten/MoratSwedish
MoratSwiss German
MurteSwiss German
MurtenSwiss German
MurtenTurkish
Му́ртенUkrainian
MurtenUpper Sorbian
MoratVenetian
MurtenVietnamese
MurtenVolapük
MurtenWaray (Philippines)
MurtenWelsh
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Localities in the Area
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