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Plosca | |
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 Location in Teleorman County | |
  Plosca Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 44°02′N 25°07′E / 44.033°N 25.117°E | |
| 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 | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 147265 |
| Area code | +(40) 247 |
| Vehicle reg. | TR |
| Website | comunaplosca |
Plosca is a commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Plosca.[2][3][4][5]
Name
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The name is probably derived from a container used for water and beverages (ploscă is the Romanian word for canteen or bota bag).
History
[edit]In 1943, the three British SOE members of Operation Autonomous were arrested near Plosca by the Romanian Gendarmerie.[6][7]
Natives
[edit]- Florică Ică Calotă (born 1964), politician
- Liviu Vasilică (1950–2004), folk music singer
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Plosca Tourism (2025) Romania - Best Places to Visit in Plosca, Plosca Travel Reviews and Images". HelloTravel. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Plosca (Plosca, Teleorman County, Romania) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Plosca, Teleorman County Postal Code List - Cybo". postal-codes.cybo.com. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
- ^ "Plosca on the map of Romania".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Entrepreneurial Perspectives on Some Bootlast Stems from the Collections of the Museum of the Lower Danube –Călăraşi" (PDF).
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