Poitou-Charentes
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Poitou-Charentes was an administrative region on the southwest coast of France. It comprised four departments: Charente, Charente-Maritime, Deux-Sèvres and Vienne. It included the historical provinces
Marais Poitevin, Poitou-Charentes
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Acadians
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The Acadians are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Acadian culture first emerged in and around Port-Royal, wh
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…Marchois) were spoken by a minority of people in the region. Southern Poitou-Charentes and Aquitaine is believed to be the region of origin of the Acadian and Cajun populations of North America, such as in New Brunswick, Louisiana, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec and Maine…
Population distribution of Acadians by census division, 2021 census
Acadians by Samuel Scott, Annapolis Royal, 1751
Homme Acadien (Acadian Man) by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur represents a Mi'kmaq man in the area of Acadia according to the Nova Scotia Museum.
The Deportation of Acadians by Henri Beau