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Leuk
municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Coordinates: 46°17′N 7°38′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Valais |
District | Leuk |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gaston Oggier |
Area | |
• Total | 44.1 km2 (17.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 731 m (2,398 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• 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 |
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 |
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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.
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