Liopetri village is builded southeast of Cyprus, just 5 km far from the sea and in a 40m above the sea level. For its name there are many basic assumptions. The prevailing as Nearchos Kliridis stated in his book "Counties and regions of Cyprus" the village took its name from the little rocks that possessed according to the surrounding villages. This name can be also found in the books of archdiocese to the tax payers of 1823 that could be seen written as "Oligopetri" which means in greek few stones. It is can also be found named in maps of 1573 and 1596. 

Furthermore, the inhabitants of Liopetri village possessed and still have cultivable land and they still concern with the cultivation of cereals, citrus trees and vegetables. Mostly they concern with the cultivation of potatoes, of a traditional potatoes'- like vegetable named "kolokasi" and with carrots. Barley is being cultivated in large hectares of land whilst wheat in small hectares of land.

After 1990s farmers moved to the cultivation of the olive trees instead due to the lack of water sources. By 2005 the number of olive trees and various diversity of trees was around 25000 trees. The concern about farming was not that high as land was limited for pasture.

Today, Liopetri has two primary schools of 470 children with 36 teachers. Moreover, the public and municipal kindergarten operates with 106 children before primary school age. Two more private kindergarten operate with around 70 children.