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|name               = Sosandra
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|periph             = [[Central Macedonia]]
|periphunit         = [[Pella (regional unit)|Pella]]
|municipality       = [[Almopia]]
|municunit          = [[Aridaia]]
|population_as_of   = 2021
|population = 1008
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[[File:Sosandra_8275408.jpg|thumb|A traditional house in Sosandra, Almopia]]
'''Sosandra''' ({{langx|el|Σωσάνδρα}}, before 1922: Πρεμπόδιστα – ''Prempodista'')<ref name="pandektisPrSo">{{Cite web|author=Institute for Neohellenic Research|title=Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Prempodista – Sosandra|url=http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169755|website=Pandektis|access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref> is a village in [[Pella (regional unit)|Pella regional unit]], [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], [[Greece]].
Sosandra had 1291 inhabitants in 1981.<ref name="VanB"/> In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Sosandra was populated by [[Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia|Slavophones]] and a [[Greeks|Greek]] population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the [[Greek–Turkish population exchange]].<ref name="VanB"/> The [[Macedonian language]] was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.<ref name="VanB"/> Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.<ref name="VanB">{{cite journal|last=Van Boeschoten|first=Riki|title=Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d’Aridea (Macédoine)|trans-title=Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia)|language=fr|url=http://journals.openedition.org/strates/381|journal=Strates|volume=10|year=2001|at=}} Table 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924); Table 4: Sosandra, 1291; S, R, M2; S = Slavophones, R = Refugiés,  M = macédonien"</ref>
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