Leukerbad

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Coordinates: 46°23′N, 7°38′E

Leukerbad
Country Switzerland
Canton Valais
District Leuk
Coordinates 46°23′N, 7°38′E
Population 1,420  (December 2002)
  - Density 21 /km² (55 /sq.mi.)
Area 67.2 km² (25.9 sq mi)
Elevation 1,402 m (4,600 ft)
Postal code 3954
SFOS number 6111
Surrounded by Adelboden (BE), Albinen, Ferden, Guttet-Feschel, Inden, Kandersteg (BE), Lenk im Simmental (BE), Mollens
Website www.leukerbad.org
Leukerbad (Switzerland)
Leukerbad
Leukerbad

Leukerbad (French: Loèche-les-Bains, Walliser German: Leiggerbad) is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[edit] Famous residents

  • American writer James Baldwin lived here for three months with his lover Lucien Happersberger in Winter 1951.[1]
A view of Leukerbad.
A view of Leukerbad.
A view of Leukerbad.
A view of Leukerbad.
A view of Leukerbad from the Gemmi Pass.
A view of Leukerbad from the Gemmi Pass.

[edit] References

  1. ^ James Baldwin Now, ed. McBride, 308

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