Chandolin

Chandolin
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
Chandolin
Location of Chandolin
Coordinates: 46°15′N 7°36′E / 46.250°N 7.600°E / 46.250; 7.600Coordinates: 46°15′N 7°36′E / 46.250°N 7.600°E / 46.250; 7.600
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Sierre
Area
• Total	16.7 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,936 m (6,352 ft)
Population
• Total	82
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Postal code	1965
SFOS number	6233
Website	www.chandolin.ch SFSO statistics

Chandolin is a village in the district of Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. An independent municipality before, it merged on 1 January 2009 with neighboring Ayer, Grimentz, Saint Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie to form the municipality of Anniviers.

Chandolin is first mentioned about 1250 as Eschandulyns. Chandolin was the permanent home of Swiss travel writer Ella Maillart until her death, and it now houses the Ella Maillart Museum in her memory.

The blazon of the village coat of arms is Azure, a Chamois rampant Sable over a rock Argent in chief sinister a Mullet of Five Or.

Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks French (81 or 85.3%) as their first language, German is the second most common (8 or 8.4%) and Portuguese is the third (4 or 4.2%).

Of the population in the village, 28 or about 29.5% were born in Chandolin and lived there in 2000. There were 29 or 30.5% who were born in the same canton, while 18 or 18.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 20 or 21.1% were born outside of Switzerland. As of 2000^[update], there were 32 people who were single and never married in the village. There were 58 married individuals, 1 widows or widowers and 4 individuals who are divorced.

There were 13 households that consist of only one person and 2 households with five or more people. In 2000^[update], a total of 42 apartments (9.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 340 apartments (77.4%) were seasonally occupied and 57 apartments (13.0%) were empty.