Lurtigen (German) or Lourtens (French: [luʁtɑ̃s], Franco-Provençal: [lyʁˈtɛ̃] ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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.

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.

[2] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent three Roses Gules in pale seeded and barbed proper.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) 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%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] The entire village of Lurtigen is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[11] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 33.9% of the vote.

[6] There were 110 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.0% of the workforce.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 11 or 6.1% were Roman Catholic, while 143 or 79.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnase (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.