Plouha

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.

Plouha Plóha (Gallo) Plouha (Breton)
Commune
Kermaria an'Iskuit Chapel, Kermaria
Coat of arms
Location of Plouha
Plouha Show map of France Plouha Show map of Brittany
Coordinates: 48°41′N 2°56′W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Plouha
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Xavier Compain[1]
Area 1	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.

Population

Inhabitants of Plouha are called plouhatins in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

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

Twin towns – sister cities

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

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.^[4]

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department