Galmiz (former French name: Charmey) is a former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

[3] Galmiz has an area, as of 2009[update], of 9.1 square kilometers (3.5 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) or 7.8% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.07 km2 (17 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.19 km2 (0.073 sq mi) or 2.1% is unproductive land.

[4] The municipality is located in the See/Lac district, on the edge of the Grosses Moos wetlands and about 4 km (2.5 mi) north-east of Murten.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules a Wheel Or.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (504 or 90.0%) as their first language, French is the second most common (30 or 5.4%) and Italian is the third (7 or 1.3%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.7% of the vote.

[8] There were 324 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.0% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 19 or 44.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 7.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 3 or 7.0% were in education and 9 or 20.9% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 99 or 17.7% were Roman Catholic, while 385 or 68.8% 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 gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

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

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 30 students attending 2 classes in Galmiz.