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').

[4] The local parish church is dedicated to Saint James (Slovene: sveti Jakob) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto.