Acadiana
L'Acadiane (Cajun French) | |
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Region | |
![]() Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana | |
![]() Map of Louisiana with Acadiana highlighted, and Cajun Heartland, USA in dark red | |
![]() Location of Louisiana within the United States | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Legislative recognition | 1971 |
Largest city | Lafayette |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,486,345 |
Demonyms |
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Website | www |
Acadiana (French and Louisiana French: L'Acadiane), also known as the Cajun Country (Louisiana French: Le Pays Cadien, Spanish: País Cajún), is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that has historically contained much of the state's Francophone population.[1]
Many inhabitants of the Cajun Country have Acadian ancestry and identify as Cajuns or Creoles.[2] Of the 64 parishes that make up the U.S. state of Louisiana, 22 named parishes and other parishes of similar cultural environment make up this intrastate region.[3][4] Lafayette Parish and the seven surrounding parishes are idenified as the "Cajun Heartland, USA" district.[5]