Potcoava

Town in Olt, Romania

Coat of arms

(2020–2024) Nicușor-Manuel Enăchioaia^[1] (PSD)Area

65.27 km² (25.20 sq mi)Elevation

170 m (560 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

5,229 • Density80/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

237355

Area code(+40) 02 49Vehicle reg.OTWebsiteprimariapotcoava.judetulolt.ro

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2002	6,111	—
2011	5,743	−6.0%
2021	5,229	−9.0%
Source: Census data

Potcoava is a town in Olt County, Muntenia, Romania. The town administers four villages: Potcoava-Fălcoeni, Sinești, Trufinești and Valea Merilor.

The town is located in the northeastern part of the county, 30 km (19 mi) east of the county seat, Slatina.

At the 2021 census, Potcoava had a population of 5,229. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 5,743 people; of those, 87.65% were Romanians and 7.23% Roma.

Natives

Marian Anghelina (born 1991), footballer
Lina Ciobanu (born 1929), communist politician

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Potcoava.

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.