Ulmiz
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Ulmiz (French name: Ormey) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2026 it was merged into the municipality of Gurmels.
Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Ulmiz
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- municipality
- Swiss town.imagepath_coa
- Ulmiz-coat of arms.svg
- Swiss town.image_photo
- 2012-04-26 Sense-Sarino (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 251.JPG
- Swiss town.canton
- Fribourg
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-FR
- Swiss town.district
- See
- Swiss town.postal_code
- 3214
- Swiss town.municipality_code
- 2278
- Swiss town.area
- 2.86
- Swiss town.elevation
- 494
- Swiss town.website
- www.ulmiz.ch
- Swiss town.mayor_title
- Ammann
- Swiss town.executive_name
- Gemeinderat
- Swiss town.executive_number_of_members
- 5
- Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
- Ferenbalm (BE), Staatswald Galm, Gempenach, Gurmels, Kriechenwil (BE), Lurtigen
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ulmiz
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Gurmels
- Population
- 441
- Area
- 2.84
- Elevation
- 494
- Official website
- www.ulmiz.ch
- Image
- 2012-04-26 Sense-Sarino (Foto Dietrich Michael Weidmann) 251.JPG
- Dialing code
- 031
- Licence plate code
- FR
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- postal code
- 3214
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/2278
- Commons category
- Ulmiz
- P8168
- KNM WT 17000
- merged into
- Gurmels
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- References
- External links
Ulmiz (French name: Ormey) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. On 1 January 2026 it was merged into the municipality of Gurmels.
==History== Ulmiz is first mentioned in 1200 as Hulmeis. In 1390 it was mentioned in French as Ormeis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ulmiz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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