Map of Acadiana Region with the Cajun Heartland USA subregion highlighted in dark red.

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This region of Louisiana is unique in that it is defined by its historic residents and local cultures, more than its geography alone.

History

Acadiana describes the French Louisiana region that is home to a large population of the descendants of the original Acadians, dispossessed by the British from what is now Nova Scotia, today known as Cajuns. Louisiana sold in 1803 by Napoléon to USA, which was a portion of the historical extent of French Louisiana Louisiana (French language: La Louisiane) was the name of an administrative district of New France in the 17th and 18th centuries. ... The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages None (English,French,Gaelic) Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 12th 55,283... Cajuns are an ethnic group consisting essentially of the descendants of Acadians who came from Nova Scotia to Louisiana as a result of their refusal to swear allegiance to the British Crown. ...

In 1755, with war eminent between France and England, British authorities demanded that the French Acadians renounce their Catholic faith and swear allegiance to the British Crown. This was unacceptable to the great majority of French Acadians, and they were forced to leave Acadia. Early emmigrated French Acadians moved to New England, the West Indies or even back to France. Many eventually migrated to Louisiana where they had discovered that they were welcome. 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... The Great Upheaval (le Grand Dérangement), also known as the Great Expulsion or the Acadian Expulsion, is the eviction of the Acadian population from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1763, ordered by governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council. ... The states of New England are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

By 1971 the Louisiana state legislature officially recognized the area for its unique Cajun and Acadian heritage (Louisiana House Concurrent Resolution No. 496), and made Acadiana the official name of the 22-parish region. The word Acadiana has become emblematic of the Cajun and other cultures that share the region. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... This article is about an ethnic culture. ...

Origin of the term

In 1963 the word Acadiana, as it is spelled and used today, came into existence by accident.^[1] 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

KATC TV-3, which began a year earlier, was owned by the Acadian Television Corp. In early 1963, the station received an invoice erronously addressed to the Acadiana Television Corp. Someone had typed an extra "a" at the end of the word "Acadian". The station started using it for marketing their identity. Not copyrighted by KATC, the state officially adopted the term. Today, there are numerous businesses and non-profit organizations that utilize Acadiana in their names, e.g., Acadiana CARES, Acadiana Symphony Association, Kiwanis Club of Acadiana. KATC is the FCC identification call sign for TV channel 3, licensed to Lafayette, Louisiana. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ...

Flag

Official flag of Acadiana

In 1965, Thomas Arceneaux, a charter member of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana and a former dean of agriculture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, designed the Acadian flag. He described the flag symbolism: (1) three silver fleur-des-lis for the French heritage and origin of the Acadians, (2) the old arms of the Castille, a gold tower on a red field for Spain, which governed Louisiana for 40 years and was in possession of the territory when the Acadians arrived, and (3) a goldstar on a white for Our Lady of the Assumption, patron saint of the Acadians. The star also symbolizes the active participation of the Acadians in the American Revolution, as soldiers under General Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana.^[2] Image File history File links Cajunflag. ... Image File history File links Cajunflag. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, also known as UL Lafayette, is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, in the heart of Acadiana. ... The Assumption has been a subject of Christian art for centuries. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... The American Revolution was a revolution that ended two centuries of rule in Thirteen Colonies of North America by the British Empire and created the modern United States of America. ... Bernardo de Gálvez Bernardo de Gálvez, conde de Galvez (23 July 1746 born in Macharaviaya, a mountain village in the province of Málaga, Spain – 1786) was Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1777 to 1785, and Viceroy of New Spain 1785-1786. ...

People

Cajuns prevail among the visible cultures, but not everybody who lives in Acadiana is culturally Acadian or speaks Cajun French, nor is everybody who is culturally Acadian or "Cajun" descended from the Acadian refugees. Cajuns are an ethnic group consisting essentially of the descendants of Acadians who came from Nova Scotia to Louisiana as a result of their refusal to swear allegiance to the British Crown. ... Cajun French is a variety or dialect of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, particularly in Lafayette Parish, Evangeline Parish, St. ...

In addition to the Cajuns, Acadiana is home to several Native American tribes and enclaves of black Louisiana Creole people. An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Photo by Edward S. Curtis. ... An African American is a U.S. citizen who is socially perceived as being at least part black, especially one with ancestors imported to America during slavery. ... The term Louisiana Creole refers to people of any race or mixture thereof who are descended from settlers in colonial Louisiana before it became part of the USA in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, or to the culture and Creole cuisine typical of these people. ...

German settlers also found their way to Acadiana during the 19th century. More recently, political refugees from southeast Asia (Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, among others) have brought their families, cultures, and languages to the area, and have contributed significantly to its fishing industry. Salmon for sale at a marketplace The Fishing industry is the commercial activity of fishing and producing fish and other seafood products. ...

For more details on this topic, see Cajun.

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Geography

Despite the frequent association of Cajuns with swamplands, Acadiana actually consists mainly of low gentle hills in the the north section and dry land prairies, with marshes and bayous in the south closer to the coast, increasing in frequency in and around the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Basins. The area is also filled with fields of rice and sugarcane. A freshwater swamp A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions. ... A prairie is an area of land of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ... This article is about marsh, a type of wetland. ... A bayou (pronounced or ) is a small, slow-moving stream or creek formed in the former bed of a river. ... The Atchafalaya River is a distributary of the Mississippi and Red rivers, approximately 170 mi (270 km) long, in south central Louisiana in the United States. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. Rice is an annual plant, growing to 1-1. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Insert non-formatted text here Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of between 6 and 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native...

Acadiana by Louisiana law refers to the area that stretches from just west of New Orleans to the Texas border along the Gulf of Mexico coast, and about 100 miles inland to Marksville. This includes the 22 parishes of Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jeff Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Charles, St. James, St. John The Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion, and West Baton Rouge. New Orleans (French: Nouvelle-Orléans) is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... Marksville is a city located in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. ... Acadia Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Ascension Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Assumption Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Avoyelles Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Calcasieu Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Cameron Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Evangeline Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Iberia Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Iberville Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Jefferson Davis Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Lafayette Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the state of Louisiana. ... Pointe Coupee Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... St. ... St. ... St. ... St. ... St. ... St. ... Terrebonne Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Vermilion Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... West Baton Rouge Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...

Of those 22, eight parishes make up the Cajun Heartland, which is the central portion of Cajun Country initially settled by the majority of relocated Acadians. These parishes include Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion. Acadians are the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ...

Three of the parishes, St. Charles, St. James, St. John The Baptist, are considered the River Parishes, along with occasionally included Ascension parish. Present-day St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes also make up an area called the German Coast of Louisiana. St. ... St. ... St. ... River Parishes The River Parishes are those parishes in Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that span both banks of the Mississippi River. ... Ascension Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... River Parishes Main building at Laura Creole planation, 2002 photograph The River Parishes are those parishes in Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that span both banks of the Mississippi River, and are officially part of the Acadiana region. ...

The metropolitan areas in the region include Houma-Bayou-Cane-Thibodaux, Lafayette (the hub city of the Cajun Heartland), and Lake Charles. Other large cities and towns within the area are Abbeville, Crowley, Donaldsonville, Eunice, New Iberia, Opelousas, Rayne, and St. Martinville. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodeaux is a metropolitan statistical area, synonynous with both Terrebonne and Assumption Parishes, located in southeast Louisiana. ... Lafayette metropolitan area, located in the Cajun Heartland region of Acadiana, is composed of Lafayette and St. ... Lake Charles metropolitan area, located in Acadiana, is composed of Calcasieu and Cameron parishes. ... The small city of Abbeville is the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, in the US state of Louisiana, 150 miles (241 km) southwest of New Orleans. ... Crowley is a city located in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. ... Donaldsonville is a town located in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. ... Eunice is a city located in St. ... The small city of New Iberia is the parish seat of Iberia Parish, in the US state of Louisiana, 125 miles (201 km) west of New Orleans. ... The city of Opelousas is the parish seat of St. ... Rayne is a city located in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. ... The city of St. ...

Transportation

The traditional industries of the area: tourism, agriculture, and petroleum initially drove the need for transportation development. In recent years, hurricane evacuation plans for the area's growing towns and cities have hastened the planning and construction of better roadways. The abundance of swamps and marshes previously made Acadiana difficult to access, a major reason for the near isolation of the early Cajun people, until oil was found in the area in the early 1900s. More than 3 million tourists visited the Taj Mahal in Agra, India in 2004. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ) or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ) or crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ...

Land

High capacity, modern highways are the lifeline of the region. US Highways 90, 190, and 167 (now partially replaced by I-49) were the main connectors through south Louisiana until the 1950s. Interstates 10, 210, 55, and 49 now play the major role in transportation. US and state highways also cross the region.

Rail transport through the area is limited by the difficult terrain and the sheer number of bridges required to build over every little stream and bayou. A robust railroad system was being built at the time of the American Civil War, but much of it was destroyed during the conflict. By the end of the war, river transport via paddlewheeler had taken over as the preferred mode of travel. The major railway in operation through the region is the Southern Pacific Railroad, now part of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Water

Waterways are vital to the commercial and recreational activities of the region. Seaports, rivers, lakes, bayous, canals, and spillways dot the landscape, and served as the primary source of shipping and travel through the early 1930s. The Mississippi River is important to the eastern section, the Atchafalaya River to the middle, with Calcasieu River flowing through Lake Charles, and the Sabine river enabling shipping traffic to the western portion. Fresh and saltwater lakes, along with almost the entire Louisiana portion of the Intracoastal Waterway, enable the flow of people and materials.

Air

The area's larger airports in Houma, Lafayette, and Lake Charles provide regional leisure travel. Most air travel in the area, not counting the extreme amount of flyover traffic from hubs like New Orleans and Houston, is local in nature and provided by small planes and helicopters. Many hours of flight time is logged by helicopter pilots servicing the oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico. Small planes are used for short trips and agricultural needs. There are small regional airports seving communities throughout the area.

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Natural hazards

The eastern Acadiana region was among those affected by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The western Acadiana region and western Texas most affected by Hurricane Rita on September 26, 2005. The central Acadiana region was directly hit by Hurricane Lili in September 2002. Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa) Damages $75 billion (2005 USD) (costliest Atlantic hurricane in history) Fatalities ≥1,836 total Areas affected Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Katrina was the... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lowest pressure 895 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $10 billion (2005 USD)[1] Fatalities 7 direct, 55–112 indirect[citation needed] Areas affected Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Rita is the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hurricane Lili was a powerful 2002 hurricane that caused damage across the Caribbean and into Louisiana. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Footnotes

References

Shane K. Bernard, "The Cajuns: Americanization of a People" (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2003); ________ and Kara T. Bernard, The Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture, Encylcopedia of Cajun Culture, s.v. "Acadiana".

See also

• French Louisiana
• Intrastate regions
• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

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External links

• Complete Listing of all cities and communities in Acadiana
• UL Lafayette Center for Louisiana Studies
• Map of Louisiana regions

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Jefferson Parish is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Jefferson Davis Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... La Salle Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Lafayette Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the state of Louisiana. ... Lincoln Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Livingston Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Madison Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Morehouse Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Natchitoches Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... 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