The community of Simou is located in the district of Pafos, at a distance of 15 kilometres south-east of Poli Chrysochous and about 28 kilometres from the city of Pafos.

The village is built at an average altitude of 410 meters and receives an average annual rainfall of about 620 millimetres; mainly vines of the wine-making variety, legumes, cereals, citrus, almond and olive trees, and some fruit trees are cultivated in its region.

As far as transportation is concerned, Simou is connected to the village of Filousa in the north (5 km) and to the village of Drymou in the south-east (3 km).

Simou has gone through many fluctuations of its population. In 1881 its inhabitants were 221, increasing to 241 in 1901, to 227 in 1911, to 251 in 1921, to 273 in 1931, to 279 in 1946, and to 300 in 1960. Afterwards the inhabitants decreased to 293 in 1976 and to 250 in 1982. In the 2001 census the village's inhabitants numbered 171.

The known "Skarfos" bridges is located two kilometres north-east of the village over the river that bears the same name.

The village was in existence during the Frank Domination era under the exact same name. However, in old maps it is marked down not as Simou but as Sima. According to De Mas Latri, during the Frank Domination era the village was a privately owned feud of the Zappe family. Helene Zappe, an offspring of that family, gave it away -as her marriage portion -to Charles de Lusignan when she married him. This same nobleman, a member of the Lusignan royal family, was the owner of other important villages such as Lapithos and Kiti.

Former researchers believe that the village took this name from the settler or owner of the region who was named "Simos" or "Simon". The name of the village came from the name's possessive case. Simos Menardos goes even further in his theory and says that the village may have belonged to a Cypriot nobleman, Simon di Nicolo, who is mentioned by Stephan Lusignan. However, it does not seem probable that the village was named after the owner's first name since villages usually took their owners' surname.

Perhaps the village was in existence since the Byzantine times and its name originates from the name Simon, one of Christ's Apostles. It is also probable that the village's name preserves a toponym (place-name) with ancient Greek names. There are indications of an archaeological site in the village's wider area. Indeed, a few items from the Prehistoric times were discovered.