Agios Thomas (Cyprus)

Agios Thomas Άγιος Θωμάς Mersinli
Basic data
State :	Cyprus
District :	Limassol
Geographic coordinates :	34 ° 43 '  N , 32 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 43 '  N , 32 ° 44'  E
Height above d. M .:	322  m
Surface:	4.06137 km²
Residents :	50 (2011)
LAU-1 code no .:	CY-02
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Agios Thomas ( Greek Άγιος Θωμάς , Turkish Mersinli ) is a municipality in the Limassol district in Cyprus . At the 2011 census it had 50 inhabitants.

Location and surroundings

Location in the Limassol district

Agios Thomas is located in the southern center of the island of Cyprus at an altitude of 322 meters, about 74 km southwest of the capital Nicosia , 26 km west of Limassol and 26 km east of Paphos .

The place is about 7 km from the Mediterranean Sea in the coastal hinterland. The area of ​​the British military base Akrotiri begins a little to the south-east and to the south runs the motorway 6 from Limassol to Paphos and parallel to it the main road B6 .

Places in the vicinity are Anogyra in the north, Prastio in the east, Avdimou in the southeast, Pissouri in the south and Platanistia in the west.

Population development

The village was mainly inhabited by Cypriot Turks until the northern part was occupied by Turkish troops in the course of the Cyprus conflict . They initially fled to the British area of ​​Akrotiri and from January 1975 settled in Kontea in Northern Cyprus .

year	1831	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1946	1960	1973	1976	1982	2001	2011
Residents	20th	100	139	131	144	139	178	214	301	109	101	29	6th
including Cypriot Turks	20th	99	139	129	144	139	178	214	301	-	-	-	k. A.
Source: 1831-2001, 2011

Web links

Commons : Agios Thomas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Agios Thomas at cyprusalive.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Service. cystat.gov.cy, accessed April 5, 2019 .  (Download)
2. ↑ ^{a b} AGIOS THOMAS , prio-cyprus-displacement.net, accessed on April 12, 2019 (English)