Plouha

Plouha (Breton: Plouha, Gallo: Plóha) is a town and commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Plouha Plouha
Commune
Kermaria an'Iskuit Chapel, Kermaria
Coat of arms
Location of Plouha
Plouha Plouha
Coordinates: 48°41′N 2°56′W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Plouha
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Delsol
Area ^1	39.97 km^2 (15.43 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	4,503
• Density	110/km^2 (290/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	4,227	—
1968	4,296	+1.6%
1975	4,195	−2.4%
1982	4,248	+1.3%
1990	4,197	−1.2%
1999	4,397	+4.8%
2004	4,425	+0.6%
2009	4,582	+3.5%
2014	4,464	−2.6%
2015	4,476	+0.3%

Inhabitants of Plouha are called plouhatins in French.

Twin towns

Plouha is twinned with:

• Killorglin in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1999
• Palas de Rei in Spain since 2003
• Seix in France since 2013

The 1872 church of St. Peter in Plouha

History

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

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.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Ottis, Sherri Greene (2001). Silent Heroes. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 149–159. ISBN 0813121868.

External links

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