Plouha (; ;

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: ''Plóha'') is a town and

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in the

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in northwestern

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Population

Inhabitants of Plouha are called ''plouhatins'' in French.

Twin towns

Plouha is twinned with: *

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in County Kerry, Ireland, since 1999 *

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in France since 2013

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

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and residents of Plouha. In 1944, more than 100 downed allied airmen were evacuated by

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motor gunboats from Bonaparte Beach to Dartmouth,

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