Acadiana
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Acadiana, also known as Cajun Country, is the official name given to the French Louisiana region that has historically contained much of the state's Francophone population.
Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana
Downtown Breaux Bridge
Downtown New Iberia
The Cajun and Creole population of Crowley enjoying a Cajun music concert in 1938
Cajuns
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The Cajuns, also known as Louisiana Acadians, are an American ethnic group mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf Coast states.
Acadiana
…that has historically contained much of the state's Francophone population. Many inhabitants of Cajun Country have Acadian ancestry and identify as Cajuns or Creoles. Of the 64 parishes that make up the U.S. state of Louisiana, 22 make up this intrastate region. Lafayette Parish and the seven surrounding…
Cajun French is spoken in Louisiana.
Cajun dancers in traditional clothing, 1940; colorized in 2022.
2009 artist's rendition of Acadian militia captain Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard (1702–1765).
1923 illustration of the 1755 deportation of the Acadians.