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Apesia () is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located southeast of Korfi. Although the word απαίσια in Greek when the emphasis is on the middle syllable means ugly, the name of the village is pronounced in a different way, Απαισιά and the emphasis goes on the third syllable.

Key facts

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+3
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village
Settlement.official_name
Apesia
Settlement.native_name
Aπεσιά
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View of Apesia 2.jpg
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300
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Cyprus
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y
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bottom
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300
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Location in Cyprus
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Country
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District
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Limassol District
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Municipality
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Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
474

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Paesus
Official name
Απεσιά
Country
Cyprus
Population
297
Area
9.600130
Elevation
485
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Paramytha
Official website
www.apesia.org.cy
Image
View of Apesia 2.jpg
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Commons category
Apesia
postal code
4541
native label
Απεσιά
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Apesia () is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located southeast of Korfi. Although the word απαίσια in Greek when the emphasis is on the middle syllable means ugly, the name of the village is pronounced in a different way, Απαισιά and the emphasis goes on the third syllable.

Apesia was in the world news in October 2014 after the theft of a six million euro Degas painting was reported.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apesia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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