Plouha
Plouha
Plouha | |
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![]() Kermaria an'Iskuit Chapel, Kermaria | |
Coordinates: 48°41′N 2°56′W / 48.68°N 2.93°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Brittany |
Department | Côtes-d'Armor |
Arrondissement | Guingamp |
Canton | Plouha |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Delsol |
Area 1 | 39.97 km2 (15.43 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 4,596 |
• Density | 110/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 (Breton: Plouha, Gallo: Plóha) is a town and commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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
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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
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Ottis, Sherri Greene (2001). Silent Heroes. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 149–159. ISBN 0813121868.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)