Leuk
Leuk | |
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Location of Leuk | |
| Coordinates: 46°19′N 7°38′E / 46.317°N 7.633°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Leuk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Schmidt |
| Area | |
• Total | 44.1 km2 (17.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 731 m (2,398 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 3,948 |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3953 |
| SFOS number | 6110 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-VS |
| Localities | Briannen, Gampinen, Leuk-Stadt, Pfyn, Pletschen, St. Josephsheim, Susten |
| Surrounded by | Agarn, Albinen, Bratsch, Chandolin, Erschmatt, Guttet-Feschel, Inden, Salgesch, Turtmann, Varen |
| Twin towns | Münchwilen, Thurgau (Switzerland) |
| Website | www SFSO statistics |
Leuk (French: Loèche-Ville) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Erschmatt merged into the municipality of Leuk.
Since it controls access to the Gemmi Pass, it had some importance from the time of Roman Raetia. The Leukerbad thermal baths are just north of Leuk, towards the pass. It is the capital of the Leuk district of the Valais.
Leuk is home to one of the known installations of Onyx, the Swiss interception system for signals intelligence gathering.