Stabio

Stabio
Stabio village
Coat of arms
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Location of Stabio
Coordinates: 45°51′N 8°56′E / 45.850°N 8.933°E / 45.850; 8.933Coordinates: 45°51′N 8°56′E / 45.850°N 8.933°E / 45.850; 8.933
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Ticino
District	Mendrisio
Government
• Mayor	Sindaco Claudio Cavadini
Area
• Total	6.15 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Elevation	352 m (1,155 ft)
Population (Dec 2015)
• Total	4,616
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Postal code	6855
SFOS number	5266
Surrounded by	Bizzarone (IT-CO), Cantello (IT-VA), Clivio (IT-VA), Mendrisio, Ligornetto, Rodero (IT-CO)
Website	stabio.ch SFSO statistics

Stabio is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

Stabio is first mentioned in 1067 as Stabio.

Excavations in the area around S. Pietro have found evidence of continuous settlements from about 400 BC to the 7th century AD. There are burial grounds from the Iron Age followed by a burial ground and patrician residential structures from the Roman era, traces of the cult of Mercury and numerous Lombards graves. In 1999, the rich grave goods of a Lombard warrior were discovered.

In 1181, the Orelli family of Locarno gained the tithe rights in the region from the Bishop of Como. In 1275, both the monastery of S. Abbondio in Como and the Benedictine abbey of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan owned property and rights in Stabio.

On 22 October 1876 a serious clash between conservatives and liberals in Stabio claimed three lives, which led to a Federal mediation between the two sides.

Religiously, Stabio belonged to the Vicariate of Mendrisio, from which it separated itself in 1575. The old parish church of SS. Pietro e Lucia, dates back to the 7th century, and was rebuilt in the 12th and 13th centuries. The current parish church of SS. Giacomo e Cristoforo martire is first mentioned in 1275. It was rebuilt at the end of the 16th century and expanded in the 18th and 20th centuries.