Gurmels

Gurmels
Gurmels
Coat of arms
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Location of Gurmels
Coordinates: 46°54′N 7°10′E / 46.900°N 7.167°E / 46.900; 7.167Coordinates: 46°54′N 7°10′E / 46.900°N 7.167°E / 46.900; 7.167
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Fribourg
District	See
Government
• Executive	Gemeinderat with 7 members
• Mayor	Gemeindepräsident
Area
• Total	17.29 km2 (6.68 sq mi)
Elevation	542 m (1,778 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,142
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Postal code	3212
SFOS number	2262
Surrounded by	Barberêche, Courtepin, Cressier, Düdingen, Ferenbalm (BE), Staatswald Galm, Jeuss, Kleinbösingen, Kriechenwil (BE), Laupen (BE), Ulmiz, Wallenried
Website	www.gurmels.ch SFSO statistics

Gurmels (French name: Cormondes) is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Over the years, Gurmels has incorporated a number of smaller municipalities, most recently the village of Cordast in January 2005.

Gurmels is first mentioned in 1186 as Cormulnes. In 1228 it was mentioned as Cormunec and in 1242 as Cormugnes. Starting in the 15th century it was known as Cormondes. The German form of the name is first mentioned in 1240 as Gurmols.

Gurmels has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 17.3 square kilometers (6.7 sq mi). Of this area, 11.86 km² (4.58 sq mi) or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 3.45 km² (1.33 sq mi) or 20.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.79 km² (0.69 sq mi) or 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.11 km² (27 acres) or 0.6% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 6.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.1%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 55.4% is used for growing crops and 11.9% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the water in the municipality, 0.3% is in lakes and 0.3% is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located in the See/Lac district, about 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Fribourg on the language border between German and French. It consists of the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Gurmels along with a number of formerly independent municipalities. In 1978, Monterschu and Grossgurmels merged to from Gurmels. The municipality of Kleingurmels merged into Gumels in 2000 though the two municipalities had been jointly administered from 1880 until 1982. In 2003, the municipalities of Guschelmuth, Liebistorf and Wallenbuch were all absorbed by Gurmels. Then, in 2005, the former municipality of Cordast joined.