Borcea is a commune situated in the eastern part of Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania.

It is one of the most populous communes in the county and it is situated on the west bank of the Borcea branch (a section of the Danube).

The commune was formed as a result of the administrative reform of 1968 by joining two neighboring villages, Cocargeaua and Pietroiu.

The next archaeological layer (IX- XII A.D.) consists of evidence of medieval culture (coins and pottery).

On 15 December 1501, Prince Radu IV the Great of Wallachia issued a charter that confirmed that the property of Nucet Monastery extends from Săltava pond to the Tâmburești (now Borcea) village.

Later, another charter from the time of Prince Vlad VI of Wallachia, dated 6 July 1530, confirmed the possession of "the long creek of Tâmburești".

On 18 November 1614, the entire Tâmburești village and the nearby land became the property of Plumbuita Monastery, following a decree of Prince Radu Mihnea of Wallachia.

In 1863 as a result of the secularization of monastic estates in Romania and the Agrarian Law imposed by Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the monastery lost ownership of Tâmburești and the peasants regained possession of their lands.

During the early years of the communist regime in Romania (1949–1962), Borcea (Pietroiu and Cocargeaua) went through a process of collectivization of agriculture.

In the assessment of historian Stan Stoica, collectivization seriously harmed the Romanian village: he cites the loss of "independence, dignity and identity" by the peasants; a decline in the rural population that accelerated when young people migrated to the cities (forced industrialization was going on at the same time); and the fact that families were "wrecked" by poverty, while interest in work plummeted.

Borcea is located in the south-eastern part of Romania, on the west side of the Borcea branch of the Danube, approximately 35 km (22 mi) north of the Bulgarian border and 75 km (47 mi) west of the Black Sea.

The Wallachian Plain was formed at the end of the Cenozoic−Quaternary period by intense sedimentation of the Sarmatian Sea and the gradually withdrawal of the water from north to south and from west to east.

Thus, average annual precipitation is only 500 mm, due to the influence exercised by ascending currents that arose on nearby lake surfaces and the Borcea branch.

To elect the Local Councils, the closed party list proportional representation is used, with a 5% threshold of the votes at the constituency level.

In the first round Marcel Zăgărin (PC) was leading with 46.43% of the votes closely followed by Zaharia Costică (PNL) with 38.30%.

[6] Borcea is part of Călărași County's 2nd electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies, which is currently represented by Ioan Damian (PSD).

[8] In the Senate, Borcea is represented by Vasile Nedelcu (PNL), winner at the 2008 elections for Călărași County's 1st Senate electoral district[7] Many of the houses in Borcea are built using traditional means of construction and locally sourced materials.

The simple ridged roof consists of declined rafters that rest on vertical wall-plates on top of each wall.

There are no seats or pews as in the West, but high-armed chairs placed along the walls traditionally called "strana pl.strane".