Leuk district

District Leuk French District de Loèche
Basic data
Country:	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Valais Valais (VS)
Main town :	Leuk
FSO number :	2306
Area :	335.27 km²
Height range :	533–4190 m above sea level M.
Residents:	12,355 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km²
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The district of Leuk (fr.District de Loèche ) in the Swiss canton of Valais consists of the following municipalities (as of January 1, 2013) :

coat of arms	Name of the parish	Population (December 31, 2018)	Area in km²	Inhabitant per km²
	Agarn	718	7.65	94
	Albinen	238	15.56	15th
	Ergisch	184	29.53	6th
	Gampel viola	1955	23.04	85
	Guttet-Feschel	414	10.43	40
	In the	106	9.74	11
	Leuk	3949	55.15	72
	Leukerbad	1368	67.32	20th
	Oberems	122	50.26	2
	Salgesch	1548	11.36	136
	Turtmann-Unterems	1111	42.42	26th
	Varen	642	12.81	50
Total (12)		12,355	335.27	37

Limestone mining on the Rhone in Susten, which began in 1928, has since been abandoned. The Alusuisse-Werke (today Alcan AG) in Chippis and Steg offered many jobs after 1908. The Leuk-Leukerbad Railway, which went into operation in 1915, was converted to bus operation in 1967.

In 2005 the station district of Susten received a new face: a new railway bridge over the Rhone, a new railway tunnel in the direction of Salgesch and a new, slightly eastward-relocated station building. Leuk, which was the central administrative center of the region for centuries, is still a school, court and service center at the beginning of the 21st century and, thanks to the satellite ground station SES (International Teleport Switzerland AG) with its giant antennas that can be seen from afar, an intercontinental telecommunications center (construction started in 1972).