Leuk
Municipality in the canton of Valais · FSO no. 6110
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Leuk centerThe parcel data lists 9’524 parcels in Leuk, covering 46.3 km². 23.7% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 431 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 9’524
- 1.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 46.3 km²
- 1.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 431 m²
- Canton: 518 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 23.7%
- Canton: 26%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1980
- Switzerland: 1975
About Leuk
Leuk ranks 15th of 122 municipalities in the canton of Valais by number of parcels and holds 1.5% of the canton's parcels on 1.2% of its area. The median parcel in Leuk measures 431 m², smaller than the canton median of 518 m². Leuk is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 23.7% of its parcels have a building, against 26% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität (19.8%), Landwirtschaftszone 2 (9.8%) and Wohnzone W2 (9.6%). In total, Leuk uses 44 zone designations.
According to the building register, Leuk has 2’995 buildings with 2’693 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (66.4%). Non-residential buildings account for 48.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (17.8% of them), and 16.7% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’259 (23.7%)
Unbuilt: 7’265 (76.3%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 2. Priorität | 1’884 | 0.89 km² | 1.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 938 | 1.42 km² | 7.0% |
| Wohnzone W2 | 910 | 0.64 km² | 56.8% |
| Reben | 829 | 0.54 km² | 10.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 601 | 2.58 km² | 10.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone 1. Priorität | 587 | 0.31 km² | 1.5% |
| Wald | 518 | 9.20 km² | 6.9% |
| Geschützte landwirtschaftszone | 475 | 1.57 km² | 14.1% |
| Altstadtzone | 401 | 0.05 km² | 65.8% |
| Ferienhauszone F1 nach QP | 271 | 0.18 km² | 51.3% |
| Wohnzone W3 | 230 | 0.20 km² | 62.6% |
| Dorfzone D (Erschmatt) | 187 | 0.02 km² | 70.1% |
| Other zones (32 labels) | 1’470 | 28.45 km² | 41.2% |
| No zone | 223 | 0.27 km² | 48.4% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’995 buildings with 2’693 dwellings here; 975 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’995
- Dwellings
- 2’693
- Single-family houses
- 975
- Building volume
- 2.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Leuk
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Leuk. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.