Leuk
Leuk (French Loèche) is a municipality of Switzerland and is the capital city of the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Leuk
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| Coordinates: 46°17′N 7°38′E / 46.283°N 7.633°ECoordinates: 46°17′N 7°38′E / 46.283°N 7.633°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Valais |
| District | Leuk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gaston Oggier |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.16 km2 (17.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 731 m (2,398 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 3,376 |
| • Density | 76.449/km2 (198.00/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 3953 |
| 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 |
Since it controls access to the Gemmipass, it had some importance from the time of Roman Raetia. The Leukerbad hot baths are just North of Leuk, towards the pass.
Loèche houses the installations of Onyx, the Swiss interception system for electronic intelligence gathering.
On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Erschmatt merged into the municipality of Leuk.
Leuk Media
Historic aerial photograph by Werner Friedli from 1949
Romanesque tower of St. Stephan's church
Bridge over the Dala gorge
Vue de La Souste en Valais
Badnerstrasse in Leuk-Stadt
- StefanskircheLeuk
Oberstufen-Schulhaus in Leuk-Stadt
St. Stephanskirche in Leuk-Stadt
Rathaus (Town council house)
Ringacker Chapel of Mariä Empfängnis with Hermitage
References
Other websites
Media related to Leuk at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.leuk.ch (in German)
