Murten (German, pronounced [ˈmuːɐ̯tn̩] ) or
Morat (French, pronounced [mɔʁa]; Arpitan:
Morât [mɔˈʁa] ) is a bilingual municipality and a city in the See district of the
Canton of Fribourg 
in Switzerland.
It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat (also known as Lake Murten). Morat is situated between Neuchâtel and Fribourg and is the capital of the See/Lac District of the canton of Fribourg. It is one of the municipalities with a majority (about 75%) of German speakers in the predominantly French-speaking Canton of Fribourg.
On 1 January 1975 the former municipality of
Burg bei Murten 
merged into the municipality of Murten. It was followed on 1 January 1991 by the former municipality of
Altavilla 
and on 1 January 2013 by the former municipality of
Büchslen 
.