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Provatas

Coordinates: 41°06′N 23°38′E / 41.100°N 23.633°E / 41.100; 23.633
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Provatas
Προβατάς
Provatas is located in Greece
Provatas
Provatas
Coordinates: 41°06′N 23°38′E / 41.100°N 23.633°E / 41.100; 23.633
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitSerres
MunicipalitySerres
Municipal unitKapetan Mitrousi
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community829
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Provatas (Greek: Προβατάς) is a larger village in Kapetan Mitrousi, Serres regional unit, northern Greece. It has 829 inhabitants (2021 census).[1]

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ Strezov G. Two sanjaks Eastern Macedonia. Periodical of Bulgarian Literary Society in Sredets, kn.XXXVI, 1891, p 842.
  3. ^ The Capture of Yenikoi in Oct 1916. The Salonika Campaign. Dublin Fusiliers.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.