Chandolin is first mentioned about 1250 as Eschandulyns. Chandolin was the permanent home of Swisstravel writerElla Maillart until her death, and it now houses the Ella Maillart Museum in her memory.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the villagecoat of arms is Azure, a Chamois rampant Sable over a rock Argent in chief sinister a Mullet of Five Or.
Demographics
Most of the population speaks French as their first language, German is the second most common and Portuguese is the third. 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. , 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. , a total of 42 apartments were permanently occupied, while 340 apartments were seasonally occupied and 57 apartments were empty. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray 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: 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"
There were 57 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 38.6% of the workforce. 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,. , 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.
In Chandolin about 31 or of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 21 or have completed additional higher education. Of the 21 who completed tertiary schooling, 66.7% were Swiss men, 9.5% were Swiss women. , there were 13 students from Chandolin who attended schools outside the village.
