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LEUK (Fr. Loeche Ville)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 504 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEUK (Fr. Loeche Ville)

LEUK (Fr. Loeche Ville) , an See also:

ancient and very picturesque little See also:

TOWN

town in the Swiss See also:

canton of the See also:

VALAIS (Ger. Wallis, Ital. Vallese)

Valais. It is built above the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

Rhone, and is about 1 m. from the Leuk-Susten station (15 2 M. See also:

east of See also:

SION [Ger. Sitten]

Sion and 17 z M. See also:

west of See also:

BRIEG

Brieg) on the Simplon railway. In r000 it had 1592 inhabitants, all but wholly See also:

German-speaking and Romanists. About 102 m. by a winding See also:

CARRIAGE

carriage road N. of Leuk, and near the See also:

head of the Dala valley, at a height of 4629 ft. above the See also:

sea-level, and over-shadowed by the cliffs of the Gemmi Pass (7641 ft.; q.v.) leading over to the Bernese Oberland, are the See also:

BATHS

Baths of Leuk (Leukerbad, or Loeche See also:

LES

les Bains). They have only 613 permanent inhabitants, but are much frequented in summer by visitors (largely See also:

French and Swiss) attracted by the hot See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs. These are 22 in number, and are very abundant. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal is that of St Laurence, the See also:

WATER

water of which has a temperature of 124° F. The See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season lasts from See also:

JUNE

June to See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September. The See also:

VILLAGE

village in See also:

winter is See also:

long deprived of See also:

SUNSHINE

sunshine, and is much exposed to avalanches, by which it was destroyed in 1518, 1719 and 1756, but it is now protected by a strong See also:

EMBANKMENT

embankment from a similar See also:

CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe. (W. A.

B.

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