Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
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Evangeline Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,350. The parish seat is Ville Platte.
Evangeline Bank and Trust Co. Building, Ville Platte, Louisiana
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.
Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
…parishes, preferring the rich pre-American and pre–Civil War era Cajun planter's lifestyle over that of the humble and isolated existence of their Acadiana cousins. The parish was named Evangeline in honor of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative poem, Evangeline. It was from this poem that founding father…
Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana
Downtown Breaux Bridge
Downtown New Iberia
The Cajun and Creole population of Crowley enjoying a Cajun music concert in 1938