[1] Lamboing is first mentioned in 1179 as Lamboens though this document is thought to be a forgery from the late 12th Century.

After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Lamboing was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

It was acquired by the Ebauches SA company in 1926 and continued making components for watches until 1981.

Beginning in the 1970s the village's population began to grow as commuters settled in Lamboing.

Of the rest of the land, 0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi) or 6.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

It consists of the village of Lamboing and the hamlets of Les Moulins, Derrière-la-Chaux and Magglingen.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[1] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Chevron embowed between three Crosses Couped Argent and a Mount of 3 Coupeaux of the same.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (545 or 84.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (80 or 12.4%) and Portuguese is the third (6 or 0.9%).

In the federal election, a total of 193 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 37.0%.

[3] There were 335 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.3% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 21, of which 19 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 22 or 52.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 8 or 19.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 14.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, and 3 or 7.1% were technical professionals or scientists.

The greatest number of workers, 99, made between 50 and 75 thousand CHF per year.

[16] From the 2000 census[update], 394 or 60.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 121 or 18.7% were Roman Catholic.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.