Plouha
Plouha
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 Kermaria an'Iskuit Chapel, Kermaria | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Plouha  | |
  Plouha  Plouha | |
| 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 (2021–2026) | Xavier Compain[1] |
| Area 1 | 39.97 km2 (15.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 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 (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
[edit]Inhabitants of Plouha are called plouhatins in French.
| Year | 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
[edit]Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Plouha is twinned with:
Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland (since 1999)
Palas de Rei, Galicia, Spain (since 2003)
Seix, Occitania, France (since 2013)
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ottis, Sherri Greene (2001). Silent Heroes. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 149–159. ISBN 0813121868.
External links
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- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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