Type: | town |
County: | Olt |
Potcoava | |
Leader Name: | Nicușor-Manuel Enăchioaia[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Coordinates: | 44.4833°N 24.6158°W |
Elevation: | 170 |
Area Total: | 65.27 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 237355 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 49 |
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, 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.