What is the postal code of Murten?

Murten has 7 postal codes: 1595, 1793, 1794, 1795, 3215, 3280, 3285.

What is the tax rate in Murten?

The municipal tax multiplier of Murten is 62% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Murten?

A single person without children pays about 14'925 CHF income tax in Murten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 8 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Murten have?

Murten has 9'525 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Murten?

Murten has 1'956 foreign residents, a share of 20.54% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · Bezirk See / District du Lac

Murten

1595–3285

FR CANTON1595 1793 1794 1795+3 PLZ

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'875 51.2%

Men

4'650 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'884 19.8%

Swiss citizens

7'569 79.5%

Foreign residents

1'956 20.5%

Population density

241 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'884 · 19.8%20–64 · 5'517 · 57.9%65+ · 2'124 · 22.3%

Foreign residents 20.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −27 (−0.3%) · 82 births · 95 deaths · net migration −14

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Murten

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 24.8% Yes

25.3% YesNo 74.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 26.8% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 55.6% Yes

56.5% YesNo 43.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 47.6% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 38.8% Yes

46.9% YesNo 53.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 55.5% Yes

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 24.2% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 37.6% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 37.9% Yes

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk See / District du Lac: 73.3% Yes

76.3% YesNo 23.7%

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Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.7% · strongest party

SVP31.7%

SP18.6%

Mitte17.9%

FDP14.4%

GRÜNE8.6%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier62%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

62%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 8 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'925 CHF(14.9%)

Rank 8 of 119 in the canton · 988 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'515 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Greng 12'414 CHF · most expensive Jaun 18'106 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'925 CHF(~14.9%)

MurtenCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Murten	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	6.6%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	8.9%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	10.7%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	11.9%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.9%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	13.9%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	14.9%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	15.8%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.5%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	17.3%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	18%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	18.8%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	20.7%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	22.3%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	23.7%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	24.7%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	25.3%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	25.9%	22.3–30.4%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020992 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

628 m

Mean elevation

494 m

Relief

199 m

Mean slope

3.3°

Flat share

75.4%

South-facing

4.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 199 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

95.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

123.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

21'100

Per inhabitant

9'981 kWh/yr

95 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff range H4

25.03–27.04 Rp./kWh

26.04 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.48 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operators Industrielle Betriebe Murten · Groupe E SA

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300558 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Fribourg405 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Murten →Canton Fribourg →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Fribourg. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Fribourg (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.7 %

Second homes

13.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

4'840

Built before 194629.5%

Built since 200120.4%

0.7 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

5'577

Workplaces

856

Services share

63.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 496 (8.9%) · Secondary 1'527 (27.4%) · Tertiary 3'554 (63.7%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.1 %

Farmland

2'089 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 29 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 66/119 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2275

Websitemurten-morat.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk See / District du Lac

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Murten ranks

Largest municipalities9'525 #6 FR · #201 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #92 FR · #1558 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #27 FR · #552 CH Jobs per resident0.59 #12 FR · #357 CH Families & children19.8% #91 FR · #1220 CH Age structure22.3% #12 FR · #803 CH Women share51.2% #13 FR · #313 CH Foreign residents20.5% #38 FR · #814 CH Population density241/km² #38 FR · #919 CH Tax burden14'925 #8 FR · #988 CH Taxes62% #8 FR Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #23 FR · #788 CH Sunniest municipalities42.2% #112 FR · #1088 CH Rainiest municipalities992 mm #100 FR · #1659 CH Voter turnout55.3% #48 FR · #1174 CH Against Switzerland4.9% #89 FR · #1435 CH Aligned with Switzerland95.1% #1 FR · #27 CH SVP strongholds31.7% #42 FR · #1167 CH SP strongholds18.6% #59 FR · #574 CH Centre strongholds17.9% #75 FR · #648 CH FDP strongholds14.4% #55 FR · #880 CH GLP strongholds4.7% #22 FR · #1261 CH Green strongholds8.6% #74 FR · #786 CH Largest by area39.6 km² #8 FR · #226 CH Highest municipalities453 m #108 FR · #1513 CH Second homes13.3% #28 FR · #742 CH Organic farming13.1% #35 FR · #1000 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #57 FR · #1110 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #66 FR · #997 CH Highest peaks628 m #104 FR · #1428 CH Highest-lying municipalities494 m #104 FR · #1457 CH Greatest vertical range199 m #67 FR · #1373 CH Steepest municipalities3.3° #107 FR · #1863 CH Solar potential95 GWh #4 FR · #91 CH Solar potential per capita9'981 kWh #80 FR · #1067 CH Cheapest electricity26.04 Rp./kWh #3 FR · #888 CH Most expensive electricity26.04 Rp./kWh #117 FR · #1219 CH

Postal codes (7)

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Murten?: Murten has 7 postal codes: 1595, 1793, 1794, 1795, 3215, 3280, 3285.
What is the tax rate in Murten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Murten is 62% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Murten?: A single person without children pays about 14'925 CHF income tax in Murten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 8 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Murten have?: Murten has 9'525 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Murten?: Murten has 1'956 foreign residents, a share of 20.54% (2025).

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