Lurtigen (German) or Lourtens (, ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its French name, little-used today, is Lourtens. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Courlevon, Jeuss, Lurtigen and Salvenach merged into Murten. History Lurtigen is first mentioned in 1397 as Lurtens. In 1508 it was mentioned as Lurting. Geography Lurtigen had an area of . Of this area, or 59.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.0% is settled (buildings or roads). Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.2%. Out of the forested land, 31.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 46.1% is used for growing crops and 9.9% is pastures, while 3.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. The former municipality is located in the See/Lac district. The village lies between Morat and Laupen in a small clearing completely surrounded by woods, a location which is probably unique in the modern Swiss Plateau. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent three Roses Gules in pale seeded and barbed proper. Demographics Lurtigen had a population () of 183, all Swiss citizens. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of -4.8%. Migration accounted for -4.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 0%. Most of the population () speaks German (175 or 97.8%) as their first language, French is the second most common (2 or 1.1%) and Portuguese is the third (1 or 0.6%). , the population was 50.6% male and 49.4% female. The population was made up of 88 Swiss men (49.4% of the population) and 2 (1.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 88 Swiss women (49.4%) and (0.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 87 or about 48.6% were born in Lurtigen and lived there in 2000. There were 34 or 19.0% who were born in the same canton, while 56 or 31.3% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2 or 1.1% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years