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%
0.70%↓35.2%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture62%
- Forest23%
- Settlement14%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.5%↑0.9%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
+1% vs CH
Dwellings
4'857↑0.9%
Jobs (FTE)
4'157↓0.8%
87%
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 61'244, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Murten has 9'525 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).