| Sterna Στέρνα |
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Sterna
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit: | Evros |
| Municipality: | Orestiada |
| Municipal unit: | Vyssa |
| Population statistics (as of 2001) | |
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| - Population: | 869 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Sterna (Greek: Στέρνα) is a settlement in the Evros regional unit of Greece. It is located around 9 kilometers west of Nea Vyssa and northwest of Orestiada, on low hills between the rivers Evros and Arda.
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| Year | Population |
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| 1981 | 1,015 |
| 1991 | 1,008 |
| 2001 | 867 |
Sterna was ruled by the Ottoman Empire until the Balkan Wars of 1913, when it joined Bulgaria. After the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) it was ceded to Greece.
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