| Official Name: | Vavta Vas |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southeast Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Straža |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.56 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 392 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 45.7778°N 15.0805°W |
| Elevation M: | 179.9 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Vavta Vas (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈʋaːu̯ta ˈʋaːs/; Slovenian: Vavta vas, in older sources also Valta vas;[2] German: Waltendorf[2]) is a village on the right bank of the Krka River in the Municipality of Straža in southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] The Dular Mill in the village is represented on the municipal coat of arms.
Vavta Vas was attested in written sources in 1436 as Walpottendorff (and as Waltendorf in 1449 and Waltensdorf in 1465). The medieval names indicate that the Slovene name is derived from *Valpťa vas, literally 'reeve's village', from the Slovene common noun valpot 'chief steward at a manor' (borrowed from Old High German waltboto 'ruler's deputy'). Compare also Vavpča vas.[4]
The local parish church is dedicated to Saint James (Slovenian: sveti Jakob) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built in the 18th century on the site of a medieval predecessor.[5]