Scărișoara is a commune in Olt County, in the Oltenia region of Romania. It is made up of three villages: Plăviceni, Rudari and Scărișoara.
The commune is situated in southern Romania, within Olt County, whose administrative centre is the city of Slatina. Oltenia, the historical region that contains Olt County, lies in the south-west of the country, between the Olt River and the Danube.
Scărișoara is one of a number of communes that make up the rural administrative structure of Olt County, each consisting of one or more component villages. The name Scărișoara is shared by several places in Romania, including a well-known village in Alba County associated with the Scărișoara Cave; the commune described here is the one in Olt County.