The municipality is located alongside the Österdalälven, (Österdal River), and the town is at the southern shore of lake Siljan.

There is a substantial old town section in Leksand, with preserved old cottages as a landmark.

This is a demographic table based on Leksand Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

[3] In total there were 15,995 residents, including 12,738 Swedish citizens of voting age.

Along with Mora, Leksand co-hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.