Chandolin

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.

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Place details

Locality: Anniviers
Region: Valais/Wallis
Country: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
Population: 79

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Swiss town.subject_name: Chandolin
Swiss town.image_photo: Chandolin - septembre 2022.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: former
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Chandolin COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Chandolin Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Sierre
Swiss town.postal_code: 3961
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6233
Swiss town.area: 16.7
Swiss town.elevation: 1936
Swiss town.population: 82
Swiss town.populationof: December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear: 2002
Swiss town.website: www.chandolin.ch

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Wikidata facts

Population: 134
Elevation: 1936
Official website: www.chandolin.ch
Image: Chandolin.jpg
Dialing code: 027
Licence plate code: VS

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Commons category: Chandolin
postal code: 3961
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Demographics
Politics
Economy
Religion
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==History== 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.

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