Provatas
Community in Greece
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Provatas (Greek: Προβατάς) is a larger village in Kapetan Mitrousi, Serres regional unit, northern Greece. It has 829 inhabitants (2021 census).[1]
Provatas
Προβατάς | |
|---|---|
  Provatas | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′N 23°38′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Serres |
| Municipality | Serres |
| Municipal unit | Kapetan Mitrousi |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 829 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Until 1923, the village was called Yenikoi or Yeniköy and inhabited mostly by Turks and Bulgarians.[2]
It was hard fought over on October 3 and 4, 1916, between the 10th (Irish) Division and the Bulgarian Army. The Irish took and held the village, despite fierce and costly counterattacks by the Bulgarians.[3]
