page_title: Leuk
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Leuk / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Brücke von Varen nach Leuk
context_page_description: Leuk 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.
context_section_description: Leuk has an area, as of 2011, of 44.1 square kilometers (17.0 sq mi).  Of this area, 19.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 48.9% is forested.  Of the rest of the land, 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and 26.8% is unproductive land.
  The municipality is the capital of the Leuk district.  It is located above the right side of the Rhone, between the Dala gorge and the Feschelbach river.  The town is surrounded by vineyards.  It consists of the village of Leuk-Stadt, the castle, the village of Susten on the left bank of the Rhone and the hamlets of Brianen, Feithieren, Gampinen and Pfyn.
  The municipalities of Erschmatt and Leuk are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality with an, as of 2011, undetermined name.
caption: Bridge over the Dala gorge
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