Plosca

For other uses, see Plosca (disambiguation).

Plosca
Commune
Location in Teleorman County
Plosca Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°02′N25°07′E / 44.033°N 25.117°E / 44.033; 25.117
Country	Romania
County	Teleorman
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Marius-Cosmin Șerban (PSD)
Area	50.48 km2 (19.49 sq mi)
Elevation	66 m (217 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01) [1]	5,015
• Density	99.35/km2 (257.3/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	147265
Area code	+(40) 247
Vehicle reg.	TR
Website	comunaplosca.ro

Plosca is a commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Plosca. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Name

The name is probably derived from a container used for water and beverages (ploscă is the Romanian word for canteen or bota bag).

History

In 1943, the three British SOE members of Operation Autonomous were arrested near Plosca by the Romanian Gendarmerie. ^{[6] [7]}

Natives

• Florică Ică Calotă (born 1964), politician
• Liviu Vasilică (1950–2004), folk music singer

References

1. "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
2. "Plosca Tourism (2025) Romania - Best Places to Visit in Plosca, Plosca Travel Reviews and Images". HelloTravel. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
3. "Plosca (Plosca, Teleorman County, Romania) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
4. "Plosca, Teleorman County Postal Code List - Cybo". postal-codes.cybo.com. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
5. "Plosca on the map of Romania".
6. Andreescu, Radian; Mirea, Pavel (Cristi) (2008-01-01). "Tell settlements: a pattern of landscape occupation in the Lower Danube". Living Well Together? Settlement and Materiality in the Neolithic of South-East and Central Europe. Edited by Douglass W. Bailey, Alasdair Whittle and Daniela Hofmann.
7. "Entrepreneurial Perspectives on Some Bootlast Stems from the Collections of the Museum of the Lower Danube –Călăraşi" (PDF).