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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.1189,Lat: 46.9297
Elevation	429 meter above sea level
Local time	20:40:40pm
Name province/region	Fribourg
Name Subregion	See
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Murten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Muntelier	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Meyriez	1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Burg	1.5 km	East
4 Münchenwiler	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Altavilla	2.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	25 km	East
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	184 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	307 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 305 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Morat (Murtensee) (22.5 km² at a height of around 428 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Murtensee with a height of 429 meter (at a distance of 1.6 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 61%, low mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 80 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.1 km2

14.1%

Nature

3.2 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.3%

Viticulture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.4%

Water - Lakes

18.7 km2

23.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Murten in country Switzerland

Murten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	25 km	East
2 La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning	Switzerland	29 km	NorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	56 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Murten
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Morat

Type of weather in Morat	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam