Leuk

municipality in the canton of Valais in Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q69590
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Leuk

Summary

Leuk is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Leuk ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leuk was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Leuk is located in Leuk District[4].
  • Leuk is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Leuk is on the body of water Rhône[6].
  • Leuk's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Leuk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Münchwilen[8].
  • Leuk's postal code is recorded as 3953[9].
  • Leuk's postal code is recorded as 3957[10].
  • Leuk's Commons category is recorded as Leuk[11].
  • Leuk's licence plate code is recorded as VS[12].
  • Leuk's local dialing code is recorded as 027[13].
  • Leuk's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.316666666667, 'lon': 7.6333333333333}[14].
  • Leuk's official website is recorded as https://leuk.ch[15].
  • Leuk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leuk[16].
  • Leuk has a population of {'amount': '+3926'}[17].
  • Leuk has a population of {'amount': '+3948'}[18].
  • Leuk's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6110[19].
  • Leuk's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Leuk's replaces is recorded as Erschmatt[21].
  • Leuk's capital of is recorded as Leuk District[22].
  • Leuk's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[23].
  • Leuk's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Leuk'}[24].
  • Leuk's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Leuk[25].
  • Leuk's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Leuk, Switzerland[26].
  • Leuk's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Leuk, Switzerland[27].

Body

Geography

Leuk is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Leuk is located in Leuk District[4]. Leuk is on the body of water Rhône[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+44.1'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+55.15'}[29]. Leuk sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+731'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3926'}[17] and {'amount': '+3948'}[18].

Designation and Status

Leuk's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7]. Leuk's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection[23].

Why It Matters

Leuk ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2] Leuk has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Leuk is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Historicized municipal directory of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Retrieved . gisos.bak.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Leuk. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/leuk
MLA “Leuk.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/leuk.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_leuk_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Leuk}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/leuk}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Leuk — https://4ort.xyz/entity/leuk (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/leuk · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments list of cultural properties in Leuk
    Population
    Coordinate location {'lat': 46.316666666667, 'lon': 7.6333333333333}
    Located in or next to body of water Rhône
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:لیوک]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.