Arminou

Arminou
Αρμίνου
Village
Arminou Reservoir
Arminou Reservoir
Arminou is located in Cyprus
Arminou
Arminou
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 34°51′42″N 32°43′10″E / 34.86167°N 32.71944°E / 34.86167; 32.71944
Country Cyprus
DistrictPaphos District
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
26
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
8625

Arminou (Greek: Αρμίνου) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus on the Diarizos River. The Arminou Dam, an earthfill structure on the Diarizos near the village, was inaugurated in December 1998. A 110km water carrier tunnel, part of the Southern Conveyor Project, diverts water from the Diarizos at the dam to Lake Alassa, a reservoir formed by the Kouris Dam. The dam's capacity is 4.3 million cubic metres, with a height of 40m and a length of 194m.

Arminou has an abandoned copper mine. In 2011, the Canadian corporation Northern Lion announced that its geophysical survey in the region had located gold assays of up to 49.5g per ton.

The village is located 5 km north of Salamiou on the F617 road from Filousa to Mandria.

Stone bridge near Arminou, Paphos District, Cyprus

Name

Two stories are told regarding the naming of the village: The first version links the naming of the village to the name of the first resident. In particular, the first resident of the village was called Arminos and therefore the village was named Arminou. According to the second version (which is the most likely one), the name derives from "Hermione", the name of an ancient Greek city in South Greece.

There is a third version which says that the village was founded by Armenians, but no Armenian names or any other sign of Armenian civilization was found in the area so it is very unlikely.

The main church of Arminou is dedicated to Agia Marina. Also located in Arminou is the now almost totally destroyed Holy Monastery of Timios Stavros which dates back to the middle of the 18th century. Nowadays only a small church and the wall surrounding the yard are preserved.

Population

The population of Arminou has rapidly declined in the last 70 years:

YearPopulation
1881207
1911306
1931397
1946569
1973176
1982106
200126

References

  1. ↑ Census 2001
  2. ↑ "ARMINOU on the Dhiarizos River".
  3. ↑ "Kouris Dam". Fragmata.info. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Lake Alas (Kouris Dam)". Lakes Network. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Cyprus Water Board, Information on the Southern Conveyor Project". Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2007-01-20.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Arminou Mine Cyprus". Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  8. ↑ "Stockwatch".