Provatas (Greek: Προβατάς) is a larger village in Kapetan Mitrousi, Serres regional unit, northern Greece.

[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] This Central Macedonia location article is a stub.