Evretou () is a village in the

Paphos District The Paphos District, or simply Paphos (also Pafos), is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognis ...

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, located 6 km southwest of

Lysos Lysos () is a village in Cyprus, about 36 kilometres from Paphos. The population was 160 in 2001. Being the largest in area of the villages of Cyprus, Lysos covers an area of approximately 10,000 acres in the province of Paphos. Built at an averag ...

. The population in 1962 was 125 Turkish Cypriots. There were 22 displaced Turkish Cypriots from the loukournou village still living in Evretou in 1971 according to Richard Patrick. A village that it was dangerous to be visited by anyone other than Turkish Cypriot due to the intercommunal fighting in 1963-64 The meaning of the name is a place where something of value is discovered. The name was changed in 1958 to dereboyu meaning along the river. Fifty of the residents were afraid to stay in the village and after 1974 they went secretly through the mountains of Troodos in the occupied areas in the North. The remaining 112 residents were transferred in 3-9-1975 in the occupied areas in the north with a convoy set up by Unficyp. The municipal building has been renovated but its in poor condition now. The school and the mosque renovated with European union funds has been also renovated and is in better shape. The corn mill is under the waters of the evretou dam and all the buildings if the village are falling apart and in few years will disappear unless they are renovated.

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Communities in Paphos District {{cyprus-geo-stub