Murten

Murten is a predominately German speaking town located on the German/French language border in the Three Lakes area of .
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  • Type: Town with 8,220 residents
  • Description: municipality and city in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland
  • Also known as: Muratum”, “Murten FR”, and “Murten/Morat
  • Historically known as: Morat
  • Postal code: 3280

Places of Interest

Highlights include Murten/Morat railway station and Morat Castle.

Railway station
is a railway station in the municipality of Murten, in the canton of . It is located at the southern junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Münchenwiler and Muntelier.

Village
is a municipality in the in the canton of Bern in .

Village
is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in . It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Village
is a municipality in the district of See or district du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in .

Murten

Latitude
46.9289° or 46° 55′ 44″ north
Longitude
7.1164° or 7° 6′ 59″ east
Population
8,220
Elevation
435 metres (1,427 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CH MTN
Open location code
8FR9W4H8+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1423960546
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2659529
Wiki­data ID
Q68283
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Murten” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Murten
  • Albanian: Murten
  • Arabic: مورتين
  • Armenian: Մուրթեն
  • Armenian: Մուրտեն
  • Arpitan: Morât
  • Asturian: Murten
  • Basque: Murten
  • Catalan: Morat
  • Catalan: Murten
  • Cebuano: Murten/Morat (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Murten/Morat
  • Chinese: Murten
  • Chinese: 穆尔滕
  • Chinese: 穆爾滕
  • Corsican: Morat
  • Czech: Murten
  • Dutch: Murten
  • Egyptian Arabic: مورتين
  • Esperanto: Lac de Morat
  • Esperanto: Morat
  • Esperanto: Morato
  • Esperanto: Murten
  • Esperanto: Murtensee
  • Finnish: Murten
  • French: Morat
  • French: Murten
  • Galician: Murten
  • German: Murten
  • German: Prehl
  • Greek: Μούρτεν
  • Hebrew: מורטן
  • Hungarian: Murten
  • Irish: Murten
  • Italian: Morat
  • Italian: Morato” (historical)
  • Italian: Murten
  • Japanese: ムルテン
  • Korean: 무르텐
  • Kurdish: Murten
  • Latin: Morat
  • Latin: Muratum
  • Latin: Murten
  • Lombard: Murten/Morat
  • Lombard: Murten
  • Macedonian: Муртен
  • Malay: Murten
  • Min Nan Chinese: Murten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Murten
  • Occitan (post 1500): Murten
  • Persian: مورتان
  • Piemontese: Murten
  • Polish: Murten
  • Portuguese: Morat
  • Portuguese: Murten
  • Romansh: Murten/Morat
  • Romansh: Murten
  • Russian: Мора
  • Russian: Муртен
  • Serbian: Murten
  • Serbian: Муртен/Морат
  • Serbian: Муртен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Murten
  • Sicilian: Morat
  • Sicilian: Murten
  • Slovenian: Murten
  • Spanish: Morat
  • Spanish: Murten Morat
  • Spanish: Murten-Morat
  • Spanish: Murten
  • Spanish: Murten/Morat
  • Swedish: Morat
  • Swedish: Murten/Morat
  • Swedish: Murten
  • Swiss German: Morat
  • Swiss German: Murte
  • Tosk Albanian: Murten
  • Turkish: Murten
  • Ukrainian: Муртен
  • Upper Sorbian: Murten
  • Venetian: Morat
  • Vietnamese: Murten
  • Volapük: Murten
  • Waray (Philippines): Murten
  • Welsh: Murten
  • Murten

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