Population
9'525↓0.3%
About Murten
City · Fribourg
Murten or Morat is a bilingual municipality and a city in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Population
9'525
Tax multiplier
62%
Murten in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.62%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'847↑0.8%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'138↑0.3%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
96%
0.69%↓1.4%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture62%
- Forest23%
- Settlement14%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.5%↑0.9%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 9'034/ m²
+6% vs CH
Dwellings
4'902↑1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
4'157↓0.8%
87%
33%
Fibre
Property market in Murten
The rental vacancy rate is 0.69%, 45% below the cantonal average (1.26 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 62%, 22% below the cantonal average (79 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 61'244, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Murten has 9'525 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
