Bezirk Leuk
ValaisBezirk Leuk is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 12 municipalities with 13'538 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.
Municipalities in Bezirk Leuk
BFS · 12Votes in Bezirk Leuk
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 100 % % in Ergisch to 145 % % in Leukerbad (median 125 % %).
Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 13.7 % in Ergisch to 17.1 % in Leukerbad (ESTV 2'026)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (24.31–26.557 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Leuk rank
sum of its municipalities5 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Leuk?
- Bezirk Leuk comprises 12 municipalities: Leuk, Gampel-Bratsch, Salgesch, Leukerbad, Turtmann-Unterems, Agarn, Varen, Guttet-Feschel, Albinen, Ergisch, Oberems, Inden. Together they have 13'538 residents (BFS, 2025).
- Which canton is Bezirk Leuk in?
- Bezirk Leuk lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
- How many people live in Bezirk Leuk?
- Bezirk Leuk has 13'538 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 12 municipalities; the largest is Leuk with 4'349.
- Does Bezirk Leuk have its own tax rate?
- No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Leuk the municipal rate ranges from 100 % (Ergisch) to 145 % (Leukerbad).
- How did Bezirk Leuk vote in the latest federal vote?
- On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Leuk voted 57.7 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.
Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.