Avas, Greece
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 2011 its population was 527.
Avas Άβας | |
|---|---|
  Avas | |
| Coordinates: 40°56′N 25°55′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Evros |
| Municipality | Alexandroupoli |
| Municipal unit | Alexandroupoli |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Rural | 527 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | EB |
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1912 | about 400 |
| 1981 | 555 |
| 1991 | 516 |
| 2001 | 497 |
| 2011 | 527 |
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