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) 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.