Talpa is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Teleorman County Teleorman County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''crazy forest'' ...

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is composed of five villages: Linia Costii, Rotărești, Talpa-Bâscoveni, Talpa-Ogrăzile (the commune center), and Talpa Poștei. The commune is situated in the

Wallachian Plain The Romanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ( sr, Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија). Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it ...

. It is located in the northern part of Teleorman County, from the county seat,

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

. The 1987 movie

The Moromete Family ''The Moromete Family'' ( ro, Moromeții) is a 1987 Romanian drama film based on the first volume of the eponymous novel by Marin Preda. A sequel was filmed in 2017. The movie, as well as its sequel, were shot in Talpa, Teleorman County. Cast ...

, as well as its 2018 sequel, , were shot in Talpa.

References

* Communes in Teleorman County Localities in Muntenia {{Teleorman-geo-stub