Population
9'552↑0.2%
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
9'552
Tax multiplier
62%
Murten in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
62%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 67'301
Middle in canton
Vacancy
0.70%↓35.2%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture62%
- Forest23%
- Settlement14%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.4%↑2.4%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
4'857↑0.9%
Jobs (FTE)
4'192↓1.7%
87%
33%
Fibre
Housing market in Murten
The rental vacancy rate is 0.70%, 39% below the cantonal average (1.14 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 62%, 22% below the cantonal average (79 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 67'301, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Murten has 9'552 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
