Gurmels (German) or Cormondes (French: [kɔʁmɔ̃d], Franco-Provençal: [kɔʁˈmɔ̃dɛ] ⓘ) 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.

[3] Gurmels has an area, as of 2009[update], of 17.3 square kilometers (6.7 sq mi).

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.

[4] 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.

In 2003, the municipalities of Guschelmuth (Courchelmont), Liebistorf and Wallenbuch were all absorbed by Gurmels.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (1,420 or 93.4%) as their first language, French is the second most common (60 or 3.9%) and Italian is the third (13 or 0.9%).

[9] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][13] In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 26.3% of the vote.

[9] There were 806 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.6% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 111, of which 103 were in agriculture and 8 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 70 or 29.8% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 12 or 5.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 21 or 8.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.3% were in the information industry, 11 or 4.7% were the insurance or financial industry, 13 or 5.5% were technical professionals or scientists, 49 or 20.9% were in education and 34 or 14.5% were in health care.

[9] From the 2000 census[update], 983 or 64.6% were Roman Catholic, while 364 or 23.9% 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 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.