Cabbio

Cabbio
Former municipality of Switzerland
Coat of arms
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Location of Cabbio
Coordinates: 45°53′N 9°03′E / 45.883°N 9.050°E / 45.883; 9.050Coordinates: 45°53′N 9°03′E / 45.883°N 9.050°E / 45.883; 9.050
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Mendrisio
Government
• Mayor	Arno Codoni
Area
• Total	5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Elevation	667 m (2,188 ft)
Population
• Total	207
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Postal code	6838
SFOS number	5245
Surrounded by	Bruzella, Caneggio, Casasco d'Intelvi (IT-CO), Castel San Pietro, Cerano d'Intelvi (IT-CO), Muggio, Schignano (IT-CO)
Website	SFSO statistics

Cabbio was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 October 2009 the municipalities of Bruzella, Cabbio, Caneggio, Morbio Superiore, Muggio, Sagno and Breggia merged into the municipality of Breggia

Cabbio is first mentioned in 1188 as Cabio. The village was mentioned again in 1299 as a part of the holdings of Como Cathedral and Rusca Castle in Como. It was part of the parish of Muggio until the first half of the 17th century, and part of the political municipality until 1673. It was part of the parish of Balerna until the early 19th century. Until 1805, Cabbio also included the village of Casima (now part of Castel San Pietro. The parish church of S. Salvatore was first mentioned in 1579. It was rebuilt in 1780-95 and newly consecrated in 1818.

The village economy was traditionally based on forest and alpine farming, as well as emigration to other countries.

Cabbio has an area, as of 1997^[update], of 5.69 square kilometers (2.20 sq mi). Of this area, 0.27 km² (0.10 sq mi) or 4.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 4.81 km² (1.86 sq mi) or 84.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.09 km² (22 acres) or 1.6% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and 0.04 km² (9.9 acres) or 0.7% is unproductive land.