What is Ayer, Switzerland?
{{no sources|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Ayer | municipality_name = Ayer | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = CHE Ayer COA.svg|pixel_coa= | map = | languages = French | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = [[Sierre (district)|Sierre]] |coordinates={{coord|46|11|N|7|36|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3961 | municipality_code = 6231 | area = 119.1 | elevation = 1476|elevation_description= | population = 668 | populationof = Dec 2002 | popofyear = 2002 | website = www.zinal.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = Zinal | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Evolène]], [[Grimentz]], [[Oberems, Switzerland|Oberems]], [[Randa, Switzerland|Randa]], [[Saint-Jean, Switzerland|Saint-Jean]], [[Saint-Luc, Switzerland|Saint-Luc]], [[Täsch]], [[Vissoie]], [[Zermatt]] | twintowns = [[Montferrier-sur-Lez]] (France) |}} '''Ayer''' is a village and former [[municipality]] in the [[district]] of [[Sierre (district)|Sierre]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Ayer, [[Chandolin]], [[Grimentz]], [[Saint-Jean, Switzerland|Saint-Jean]], [[Saint-Luc, Switzerland|Saint-Luc]] and [[Vissoie]] merged into the new municipality of [[Anniviers]]. [[File:Ayer AW Wiki Web 4948.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Main street of Ayer, seeing direction to Besso]] {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Valais]] [[Category:Former municipalities of Valais]]