Muggio was a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

[2] The valley has been inhabited since ancient times and by the 9th century farmers had settled in the village.

[2] The inhabitants lived on agriculture and animal husbandry as well as emigration, especially of artists, to other countries.

[2] Muggio has an area, as of 1997[update], of 8.39 square kilometers (3.24 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a fess wavy argent between a maize cob or fesswise leaved vert and a bunch of grapes also or slipped and leaved also vert.

The wavy stripe symbolizes the river that flows through the valley, while the maize cob and grapes refer to local agriculture.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][9] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 39.77% of the vote.

[10] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 214 registered voters in Muggio, of which 116 or 54.2% voted.

[11] In the 2007[update] Consiglio di Stato election, The most popular party was the PLRT which received 38 or 32.8% of the vote.

[11] There were 85 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 32.9% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 25.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 2 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant and 2 or 25.0% were technical professionals or scientists.

[13] From the 2000 census[update], 165 or 80.1% were Roman Catholic, while 5 or 2.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.