Sant`Abbondio is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

[2] According to a document from 1358, the settlements of Martignoni de Ronco, Ronco di Sopra, Scimiana, Calgiano, Caviano and Scaiano had already grown up around the church of SS Abbondio e Andrea.

In the 19th century, the emigration of decorators, painters and potters to France, provided another source of income.

In the second half of the 20th century Sant'Abbondio was developed for tourism and many second homes were built in the village.

[2] Sant'Abbondio has an area, as of 1997[update], of 3.2 square kilometers (1.2 sq mi).

[3] The village is located in the Locarno district, on the slopes of Monte Gambarogno above Lake Maggiore.

It consists of the village of Sant'Abbondio and the hamlets of Calgiano, Ranzo and Garaverio.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules between two antlers argent a crozier of the first on a pale of the second.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks Italian (69.9%), with German being second most common (23.6%) and Swedish being third (3.3%).

[6] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Sant'Abbondio is; 14 children or 10.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 5 teenagers or 3.6% are between 10 and 19.

[10] About 54.2% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

[7] The historical population is given in the following table:[2] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 33.64% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 55 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 48.7%.

[14] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 112 registered voters in Sant'Abbondio, of which 68 or 60.7% voted.

[7] There were 56 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 46.4% of the workforce.

[17] From the 2000 census[update], 69 or 56.1% were Roman Catholic, while 27 or 22.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship or they attend a four-year program to prepare for higher education.

The professional program lasts three years and prepares a student for a job in engineering, nursing, computer science, business, tourism and similar fields.