Sterna, Evros

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Sterna
Στέρνα
Statistics
Country: Greece
Prefecture: Evros
Province: N/A
Municipality: Vyssas
Municipal district: Sterna
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
40.5564 (40° 33' 49") N
26.4615 (26° 27' 37") E
Population: (2001)
-Settlement (change)
--Percent of the municipality
867 (-151 or -14.98% from 1991)
10.59%
Altitude: 
-lowest:
 -centre:		 about 100 m (west0
65 m
about 55 m (east)
Postal code: GR-682 00
Car designation: EB

Sterna (Greek: Στέρνα) is a settlement in the Evros prefecture of Greece. It is located around 9 kilometers west southwest of Nea Vyssa. Sterna is linked with the road linking Nea Vyssa along with the Greek National Road 51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio). In 1981, Sterna had a population of 1,015 inhabitants. In 1991, the population of the settlement slightly declined to about 1,008 inhabitants. In 2001, the population declined more down to 867.

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[edit] Location

Sterna is located between the foothills and the plain. Sterna is located southwest of Edirne in Turkey, west-southwest of Nea Vyssa, north-northwest of Orestiada, north-northeast of Alexandroupoli and Soufli and southeast of Ormenio and Svilengrad, Bulgaria

[edit] Nearest places

  • Rizia, north
  • Kavyli, northeast
  • Neochori, south

[edit] Population

Year Settlement population Change Percent of the municipality
1981 1,015 - -
1991 1,008 -7 or -0.07% -
2001 867 -151 or -14.98% 10.59%

[edit] History

Sterna was ruled by the Ottoman Empire until the Balkan Wars of 1913, instead of Greece, it joined Bulgaria since it was invaded by them and administered until the Greco-Turkish War which finally ceded to Greece mainly without any battles. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Some of its residents moved to other parts of Greece and the world. The population dramatically lost between 1981 and 2001.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

[edit] Other

Sterna has a school, church, banks, a post office, and a square (plateia), its nearest lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) is in Nea Vyssa.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Municipal districts of the city of Vyssa
Kastanies | Kavyli | Nea Vyssa | Rizia | Sterna
Greece | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | Thrace | Evros Prefecture | Alexandroupoli
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