Murten
Municipality in the canton of Fribourg · FSO no. 2275
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
For Murten (FR), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’123 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 9.6 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 15.9 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 9.6 m
- Canton: 8.9 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 37.9 m
Canton: 77.6 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 2’123
3.2% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 6
0.3% of measured parcels
About Murten
Murten is a municipality in the canton of Fribourg. For Murten, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 2’123 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 9.6 m, on three quarters at most 11.6 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 15.9 m.
For Murten, the median building height, 9.6 m, is close to the canton median of 8.9 m. The tallest building measures 37.9 m. 2 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 9. By median building height, Murten ranks 7th of 96 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 2’123 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 8.1 m | 7.6 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 9.6 m | 8.9 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 11.6 m | 10.5 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 15.9 m | 15.5 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 37.9 m | 77.6 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 1’483 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 9.
Parcels by number of floors
Tallest buildings
Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 37.9 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 143 | 6.7% |
| 25 m or taller | 6 | 0.3% |
| 30 m or taller | 2 | 0.1% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Murten
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Murten. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.
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