Avas Άβας
Community
Avas
Coordinates: 40°56′N 25°55′E / 40.933°N 25.917°E / 40.933; 25.917
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Alexandroupoli
Municipal unit	Alexandroupoli
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	486
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	EB

Avas or Avantas (Greek, modern: Άβαντας, katharevousa: Άβας, Bulgarian: Дервент, Turkish: Dervent) is a village in the southern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. Avantas is located 10 km north of Alexandroupoli. It is on the Greek National Road 53 (Alexandroupoli - Mikro Dereio - Ormenio), between Alexandroupoli to the south and Aisymi to the north. In 2021 its population was 486.

Population

History

The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks. Its inhabitants were 3/4 Bulgarian and 1/4 Turkish before the Balkan Wars and the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). According to professor Lyubomir Miletich, the 1912 population contained 320 Bulgarian families.^[2] Refugees from east of the Evros river and from Asia Minor arrived into the village. Its name was changed from the Turkish Dervent to the current Avas.

People

• Mitro Karabeljata, Revolutionary leader and strategist of Tane Nikolov