{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name =Apsiou |other_name = |native_name =Αψιού |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = View of Apsiou 7.jpg |imagesize = 300 |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |pushpin_map = Cyprus<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_relief =y |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Cyprus <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Cyprus}} |subdivision_type1 = District |subdivision_name1 = Limassol District |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_metro_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/A5E0A9096615A568C2257122003FB72E/$file/POPULATION%20BY%20MUNICIPALITY_COMMUNITY-EN.xls?OpenElement Census 2001]</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 191 |population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|34|47|51|N|33|1|1|E|region:CY_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website =http://www.apsiou.org/ |footnotes = }} '''Apsiou''' ({{langx|el|Αψιού}}) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 2 km east of Gerasa and 20 km from the city of Limassol.
== History == According to French historian Louis de Mas Latrie, Apsiou was one of the villages belonging to the Grand Commandery. There are also references to the village's church of Panagia, which was built in 1740, as well as to the Monastery of Panagia Amirous, which falls within the community’s administrative boundaries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.apsiou.org/portfolio-item/istoria/|title=Ιστορία – Αψιού|last=|first=|date=|website=www.apsiou.org|publisher=|language=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407235643/http://www.apsiou.org/portfolio-item/istoria/|archivedate=2018-04-07|accessdate=2018-04-07}}</ref>
== Economy ==
=== Mining === The area of Apsiou once contained several mines and quarries, all of which are no longer in operation. There was a pyrite mine (1934–1954) and a chalcopyrite mine. The village also had a soil quarry used for the production of tiles and bricks, as well as another soil quarry for the manufacture of plates and pottery.<ref name=":0" />
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Category:Communities in Limassol District
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