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. 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.
Geography
Cabbio has an area,, of. Of this area, or 4.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 84.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 1.6% is settled, or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.7% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 0.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.9%. Out of the forested land, 80.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.2% is used for growing crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The village is located in the Mendrisio district, on the left side of the Valle di Muggio. It consists of the village of Cabbio, the settlement of Uggine and the abandoned village of Gaggio.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a chevron argent between three mullets of five of the same and on a chief or an eagle displayed sable.
Demographics
Cabbio has a population of 207. Of the Swiss national languages, 16 speak German, 1 person speaks French, 153 people speak Italian. The remainder speak another language. In there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 was a decrease of 3 and the non-Swiss population change was a decrease of 3 people. This represents a population growth rate of -3.0%. there were 134 single-family homes out of a total of 151 inhabited buildings. There were 13 multi-family buildings and 4 other use buildings that also had some housing. Of the single-family homes 2 were built before 1919, while 2 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes were built between 1919 and 1945. there were 168 apartments in the village. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 47. There were 21 single room apartments and 50 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 75 apartments were permanently occupied, while 93 apartments were seasonally occupied. The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray ImageSize = width:1140 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:400 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:80 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:20 start:0 PlotData= color:yellowgreen width:40 mark: align:center bar:1685 from:start till:263 text:"263" bar:1718 from:start till:302 text:"302" bar:1769 from:start till:400 text:"400" bar:1850 from:start till:346 text:"346" bar:1860 from:start till:336 text:"336" bar:1870 from:start till:321 text:"321" bar:1880 from:start till:328 text:"328" bar:1888 from:start till:317 text:"317" bar:1900 from:start till:355 text:"355" bar:1910 from:start till:347 text:"347" bar:1920 from:start till:341 text:"341" bar:1930 from:start till:302 text:"302" bar:1941 from:start till:284 text:"284" bar:1950 from:start till:272 text:"272" bar:1960 from:start till:205 text:"205" bar:1970 from:start till:219 text:"219" bar:1980 from:start till:167 text:"167" bar:1990 from:start till:146 text:"146" bar:2000 from:start till:173 text:"173"
Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 30.69% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP, the CVP and the Green Party. In the federal election, a total of 64 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 41.0%. In the Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 156 registered voters in Cabbio, of which 90 or 57.7% voted. 1 blank ballot was cast, leaving 89 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PLRT which received 26 or 29.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PS, the PPD+GenGiova and the PPD+GenGiova. In the Consiglio di Stato election, 2 blank ballots and 1 null ballot were cast, leaving 87 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PS which received 29 or 33.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT, the PPD and the LEGA.
Economy
There were 71 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 29.6% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 12. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 10, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 1. , there were 53 workers who commuted away from the village.
Religion
From the, 140 or 80.9% were Roman Catholic, while 15 or 8.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There are 15 individuals who belong to another church, and 3 individuals did not answer the question.
Education
, there were 20 students from Cabbio who attended schools outside the village.
