Plouha

Commune in Brittany, France

Plouha

Plóha (Gallo)
Plouha (Breton)

Commune

Kermaria an'Iskuit Chapel, Kermaria

Coat of arms

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Coordinates: 48°41′N 2°56′W﻿ / ﻿48.68°N 2.93°W﻿ / 48.68; -2.93
Country| France
Region| Brittany
Department| Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement| Guingamp
Canton| Plouha
Government

• Mayor (2021-2026) | Xavier Compain[1]

Area

| 39.97 km2 (15.43 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

| 4,677
• Density| 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

22222 /22580

Elevation| 0–109 m (0–358 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Plouha (French pronunciation: [plu.a]; Breton: Plouha; Gallo: Plóha) is a town and commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

## Population

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Inhabitants of Plouha are called plouhatins in French.

Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1968 | 4,296| —
1975 | 4,195| −0.34%
1982 | 4,248| +0.18%
1990 | 4,197| −0.15%
1999 | 4,397| +0.52%
2007 | 4,535| +0.39%
2012 | 4,546| +0.05%
2017 | 4,503| −0.19%
Source: INSEE[3]

## International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Spain

### Twin towns – sister cities

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Plouha is twinned with:

* Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland (since 1999)
* Palas de Rei, Galicia, Spain (since 2003)
* Seix, Occitania, France (since 2013)

The 1872 church of St. Peter in Plouha

## History

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Plouha has many notable medieval sites ranging from chapels and churches to manoires and kers, including The Chapel of Kermaria (Kermaria an Iskuit).

### World War II

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Plouha's beaches were the sight of several resistance efforts, notably as part of the Comet line, a resistance group that sheltered Allied troops and helped them return to Great Britain. The Bonaparte beach near Plouha was the site for the evacuations by sea organized by the Shelburne Escape Line and residents of Plouha. In 1944, more than 100 downed allied airmen were evacuated by Royal Navy motor gunboats from Bonaparte Beach to Dartmouth, England.[4]

## See also

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* Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. ^ Ottis, Sherri Greene (2001). Silent Heroes. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 149–159\. ISBN 0813121868.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouha.

* Official website (in French)
* Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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