Sterna, Evros

For other uses, see Sterna.

Sterna Στέρνα
Community
Sterna
Coordinates: 41°34′N 26°28′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Orestiada
Municipal unit	Vyssa
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	481
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

Population

Year	Population
1981	1,015
1991	1,008
2001	867
2011	621
2021	481

History

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.

See also

• List of settlements in the Evros regional unit

References

1. "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.