Meyriez (; ; ) is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French-speaking canton of Fribourg. History Meyriez is first mentioned in 1162 as de Meriaco. In 1178 it was mentioned as Meriei. Geography Meyriez has an area of . Of this area, or 2.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 0.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 88.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 5.9% is unproductive land. Of the built up 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. The municipality is located in the See/Lac district. This former fishing village is now a commuter town and part of the agglomeration of Morat. Coat of arms The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules, two Fishes endorsed Argent. Demographics Meyriez has a population () of . , 7.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 15.7%. Migration accounted for 13.9%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (444 or 81.2%) as their first language, French is the second most common (74 or 13.5%) and Italian is the third (8 or 1.5%). , the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 255 Swiss men (43.3% of the population) and 31 (5.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 279 Swiss women (47.4%) and 24 (4.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 76 or about 13.9% were born in Meyriez and lived there in 2000. There were 134 or 24.5% who were born in the same canton, while 235 or 43.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 90 or 16.5% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 27.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 13.7%. , there were 218