What is Murten?
[[Image:Murten Morat 2003-08-22.jpg|thumb|The historic city of Murten, seen from the lake with the same name.]] [[Image:CHE Murten COA.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Murten''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Morat'') is a [[city]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Fribourg (canton)|Fribourg]] in [[Switzerland]]. It is a historic city on the south side of [[Lake Morat]]. The name of the city first appears in 515 as ''Muratum''. The name is probably related to [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] ''Moridunum''. This is made from ''Mori'' (lake), and ''dunum'' ([[castle]], [[fortification]]). The city used to be part of the [[duchy]] of [[Burgundy]]. It got city rights in 1337. Today, about 6,000 people live there. Almost all of the old parts of the city still exist. In 2000, about 77% of the people spoke [[German language|German]], 13% spoke [[French language|French]], and about 2% spoke [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref name=webmurten>{{cite web|url=http://www.murten-morat.ch/de/portrait/zahlenfakten/|title=Website of Murten, data|language=German|access-date=2008-10-11|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203155146/http://www.murten-morat.ch/de/portrait/zahlenfakten/|url-status=dead}}</ref> About 19% of the people living there are [[foreigner]]s.<ref name=webmurten /> == History == On 1 January 1975 the former municipality of [[Burg bei Murten]] merged into the municipality of Murten.<ref name=Mutation>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklaturen – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] {{in lang|de}} accessed 9 February 2013</ref> It was created on 1 January 1991 by the former municipality of [[Altavilla]] and on 1 January 2013 by the former municipality of [[Büchslen]]. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of [[Courlevon]], [[Jeuss]], [[Lurtigen]] and [[Salvenach]] merged into Murten.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/02.html Nomenklature