{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Vikla | native_name_lang = el | native_name = Βίκλα | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = View of Vikla.jpg | imagesize = 300 | image_caption = | 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 = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2024 |title=Population Enumerated by District, Municipality/Community, Sex and Age 1.10.2021 |url=https://cystatdb.cystat.gov.cy/pxweb/en/8.CYSTAT-DB/8.CYSTAT-DB__Population__Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%202021__Population__Population%20-%20Place%20of%20Residence/1891108E.px/ |access-date=5 November 2025 |website=Statistical Service of Cyprus |language=en}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 1 | population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|34|49|37|N|33|11|44|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 = | footnotes = }} '''Vikla''' ({{langx|el|Βίκλα}}) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 4 km northeast of Kellaki. Vikla was formerly home to over 50 people, but has since been abandoned for decades. All buildings in Vikla except for a Church were burnt in a fire in 2005. The village however is the site of a golf course which was set up after Vikla was abandoned and is still being used today. Vikla is also visited once annually for a religious event held at the church.
== Location == Vikla is situated on the boundary between the Limassol and Larnaca districts.<ref name="KarouzisLim146-147">{{harvnb|Καρούζης|2001|p=146-147}}</ref> It is built at an altitude of 455 metres above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.capo.gov.cy/capo/capo.nsf/0/dc7b441e7a502a7cc2257933002dd031/$FILE/AnnexX.pdf|title=Κατάλογος κοινοτήτων επιλέξιμων μειονεκτικών περιοχών|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Αγροτικών Πληρωμών|page=9|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404190639/http://www.capo.gov.cy/capo/capo.nsf/0/dc7b441e7a502a7cc2257933002dd031/$FILE/AnnexX.pdf|archivedate=2018-04-04|accessdate=2018-04-04}}</ref> To the south-east it borders Vasa Kellakiou, to the south Sanida, to the west Klonari, and to the north Akapnou.
== History == Vikla was a village of the Greater Commandery.<ref name="KarouzisLim146-147" /> In the mid-1980s it was abandoned by its remaining inhabitants. Today, only some ruins of houses and the church of Saint John the Merciful remain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://dialogos.com.cy/blog/antistekonte-sti-diagrafi-apo-to-charti-tis-kiprou/#.Ws6cGIhubIV|title=Αντιστέκονται στη διαγραφή από το χάρτη της Κύπρου|last=|first=|date=|website=dialogos.com.cy|publisher=|language=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412002912/http://dialogos.com.cy/blog/antistekonte-sti-diagrafi-apo-to-charti-tis-kiprou/|archivedate=2018-04-12|accessdate=2018-04-12}}</ref><ref name="KarouzisLim146-147" />
At present, a golf course has been developed in the area of the former village.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ix-andromeda.com/lemesos/bikla.html|title=Βίκλα|last=|first=|work=IX-ANDROMEDA / Η Κύπριδα Γη μέσα από την φωτογραφία|date=|page=|language=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180410215057/https://www.ix-andromeda.com/lemesos/bikla.html|archive-date=2018-04-10|accessdate=2018-04-10|via=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Population == According to the population censuses carried out in Cyprus, the village's population was always small. After the mid-1980s, its inhabitants abandoned it completely.<ref name="KarouzisLim146-147" />
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== Sourcing ==
* {{cite book|title=Περιδιαβάζοντας την Κύπρο: Λεμεσός (πόλη και επαρχία)|edition=πρώτη|last=Καρούζης|first=Γιώργος|publisher=ΣΕΛΑΣ Κεντρο Μελετων Ερευνων & Εκδοσεων|location=Λευκωσία|year=2001|isbn=9963-566-67-7|url=|page=146-147|trans-title=Wandering Around Cyprus: Limassol (City and District)}} {{Limassol District}}
Category:Communities in Limassol District
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