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.

Natives

• Marian Anghelina (born 1991), footballer

• Lina Ciobanu (born 1929), communist politician

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