Meyriez

Meyriez (French: [mɛːʁije]; Arpitan: Mêriéz [mɛˈʁi] ; German: Merlach) is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Since the 1980s it has been one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in its predominantly French-speaking canton. Meyriez is first mentioned in 1162 as de Meriaco. In 1178 it was mentioned as Meriei. Meyriez has an area of 0.34 km (0.13 sq mi). Of this area, 0.01 km (0.0039 mi) or 2.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0 km (0 mi) or 0.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.3 km (0.12 mi) or 88.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and 0.02 km (4.9 acres) or 5.9% is unproductive land. Of the urbanized area, industrial buildings made up 2.9% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 61.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 17.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 5.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 2.9% is used for growing crops.