Aïre is a small locality in the

Canton of Geneva The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e ...

. It is on the North bank of the river Rhone. It is near

Le Lignon Le Lignon is an urban development in the town of Vernier, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was built by architect George Addor between 1964 and 1966 and consists of three large buildings and is one of the largest apartment complexes in the world ...

, a 1km long block of flats.

Tourist information

Aïre is run by the mairie in Vernier Village. Aïre's postcode is 1219. It has one restaurant, the

Taverne du Valais Taverne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dick Taverne (born 1928), British politician * Joost Taverne (born 1971), Dutch politician * Michaël Taverne (born 1979), French politician *Omer Taverne (1904–1981), Belgian cycle ...

. The main roads are: Avenue d'Aïre, Route d'Aire and Chemin des Sellières, where stands the Taverne du Valais. Aïre is about 5km from the centre of

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

. There is also a paper shop with a cafe, superette and post office on the Route d'Aïre, but most necessities can be found in the Lignon shopping centre.

Education

Three public schools, ''École d'Aïre,'' ''École des Libellules'' ''and Cycle d'Orientation du Renard'' serve ''moyenne'' and ''élémentaire'' levels.

Sports

Football

FC Aïre-Le-Lignon is an amateur football club created in 1964, affiliated with the Association Cantonale Genevoise de Football (ACGF). The club has a small bar, two main

football pitch A football pitch (also known as soccer field) is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The pitch is typically made of natural t ...

es, and one small one. The men's first team plays in the Swiss "2nd league" (5th division), and the women's team, created in 2004, is currently in the 2nd interregional league.

Tennis and badminton

The Tennis Club d'Aïre, which is part of the

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

Club de Vernier, has four outdoor and one indoor

tennis court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be ...

s and five indoor

badminton court Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per ...

References

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