{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Chandolin | image_photo = Chandolin - septembre 2022.jpg | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = CHE Chandolin COA.svg | imagepath_flag = CHE Chandolin Flag.svg | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = Sierre |coordinates = {{coord|46|15|N|7|36|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 3961 | municipality_code = 6233 | area = 16.7 | elevation = 1936|elevation_description= | population = 82|populationof = December 2002 | popofyear = 2002 | website = www.chandolin.ch | mayor = |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= | twintowns = |}}
'''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.<ref name=Fusion>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/nomenklaturen/blank/blank/gem_liste/03.html Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz] published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office {{in lang|de}} accessed 19 July 2011</ref>
==History== Chandolin is first mentioned about 1250 as ''Eschandulyns''.<ref name=HDS/> 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.
==Coat of arms== 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.''<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ch-vs113.html Flags of the World.com] accessed 22-September-2011</ref>
==Demographics== Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) 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%).<ref name=STAT2000/>
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.<ref name=STAT2000/> {{as of|2000}}, 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.<ref name=STAT2000>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 - 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |date=April 9, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref>
There were 13 households that consist of only one person and 2 households with five or more people. {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, 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.<ref name=Housing>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB - Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 - Gebäude und Wohnungen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=September 7, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|2780|Chandolin}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach Region, 1850-2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930162751/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.4%20-%201850-2000/40.4%20-%201850-2000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=4&openChild=true |date=September 30, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 29 January 2011</ref> <timeline> Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ImageSize = width:1020 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:210 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:40 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:8 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1821 from:start till:136 text:"136" bar:1850 from:start till:139 text:"139" bar:1860 from:start till:123 text:"123" bar:1870 from:start till:133 text:"133" bar:1880 from:start till:169 text:"169" bar:1888 from:start till:167 text:"167" bar:1900 from:start till:200 text:"200" bar:1910 from:start till:204 text:"204" bar:1920 from:start till:203 text:"203" bar:1930 from:start till:159 text:"159" bar:1941 from:start till:180 text:"180" bar:1950 from:start till:138 text:"138" bar:1960 from:start till:108 text:"108" bar:1970 from:start till:84 text:"84" bar:1980 from:start till:89 text:"89" bar:1990 from:start till:74 text:"74" bar:2000 from:start till:95 text:"95" </timeline>
==Politics== In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39.22% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.05%), the Green Party (10.64%) and the FDP (7.84%). In the federal election, a total of 57 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 64.8%.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office, ''Nationalratswahlen 2007: Stärke der Parteien und Wahlbeteiligung, nach Gemeinden/Bezirk/Canton''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514211354/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/17/02/blank/data/04/03.html |date=May 14, 2015 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 May 2010</ref>
==Economy== There were 57 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.6% of the workforce. {{as of|2008|alt=In 2008}} the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 32. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 2, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4 of which 1 was in manufacturing and 3 were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 26. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 19.2% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 15 or 57.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, .<ref>[http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB Betriebszählung: Arbeitsstätten nach Gemeinde und NOGA 2008 (Abschnitte), Sektoren 1-3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225013454/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_06%20-%20Industrie%20und%20Dienstleistungen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen/06.2%20-%20Unternehmen.asp?lang=1&prod=06&secprod=2&openChild=true |date=December 25, 2014 }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 28 January 2011</ref>
{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, there were 11 workers who commuted into the village and 17 workers who commuted away. The village is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.5 workers leaving the village for every one entering.<ref name=commuter>[http://www.media-stat.admin.ch/stat/pendler/pop.php Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Statweb]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}} accessed 24 June 2010</ref>
==Religion== From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 69 or 72.6% were Roman Catholic, while 12 or 12.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. 10 (or about 10.53% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 4 individuals (or about 4.21% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/>
==Education== In Chandolin about 31 or (32.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 21 or (22.1%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a ''Fachhochschule''). Of the 21 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.7% were Swiss men, 9.5% were Swiss women.<ref name=STAT2000/>
{{as of|2000}}, there were 13 students from Chandolin who attended schools outside the village.<ref name=commuter/>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.chandolin.ch Official website] {{in lang|fr}} * {{HDS|2780|Chandolin}}
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Category:Former municipalities of Valais Category:Villages in Valais Category:Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland Category:Anniviers