| Avas | |
| Name Local: | Άβας |
| Type: | community |
| Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Periphunit: | Evros |
| Municipality: | Alexandroupoli |
| Municunit: | Alexandroupoli |
| Coordinates: | 40.9333°N 80°W |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population: | 486 |
| Licence: | 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.
| Year | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | about 400 | |
| 1981 | 555 | |
| 1991 | 516 | |
| 2001 | 497 | |
| 2011 | 527 | |
| 2021 | 486 |
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.[1] 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.