Potcoava is a town in
Olt County
Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt river). The capital city is Slatina.
History
On 24 August 2017, the Olt County ...
,
Muntenia,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
. The town administers four villages: Potcoava-Fălcoeni, Sinești, Trufinești and Valea Merilor.
The town is located in the northeastern part of the county, east of the county seat,
Slatina.
At the 2011 census, Potcoava had a population of 5,743 people. Of those, 87.65% were
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...
and 7.23%
Roma.
Natives
*
Marian Anghelina
Marian Anghelina (born 2 May 1991) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for CSM Slatina (football), CSM Slatina.
Honours
;ALRO Slatina
*Liga III: 2009–10 Lig ...
(born 1991), footballer
*
Lina Ciobanu (born 1929), communist politician
References
Populated places in Olt County
Localities in Muntenia
Towns in Romania
{{Olt-geo-stub