Cajun

The 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. The word "Cajun" is an Anglophone corruption of the French pronunciation of the word acadien, after Acadia, the name of their ancestral region in Nova Scotia; the name "Cajun" was applied to them by English-speaking colonists when they settled in Louisiana.

Geography

Most Cajuns call Acadiana home. The Louisiana Legislature's definition of the region includes the parishes of Avoyelles, Evangeline, St. Landry, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberville, Ascension, St. James, St. John The Baptist, St. Charles, Cameron, Vermilion, Iberia, St. Mary, Assumption, Terrebonne, and Lafourche. (Louisiana House Concurrent Resolution No. 496)

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Acadiana - Parishes - Avoyelles - Evangeline - St. Landry - Pointe Coupee - West Baton Rouge - Calcasieu - Jeff Davis - Acadia - Lafayette - St. Martin - Iberville - Ascension - St. James - St. John The Baptist - St. Charles - Cameron - Vermilion - Iberia - St. Mary - Assumption - Terrebonne - Lafourche

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Cities within the region include Lafayette, New Iberia, Houma, Opelousas, Lake Charles, Thibodaux, Eunice, St. Martinville, Donaldsonville, Crowley, and Breaux Bridge.

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Lafayette - New Iberia - Houma - Opelousas - Lake Charles - Thibodaux - Eunice - St. Martinville - Donaldsonville - Crowley - Breaux Bridge

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Over the years, many Cajuns have come to live in other parts of Louisiana, and in the "golden triangle" area of Texas (Orange, Beaumont, and Port Arthur) where they followed oil field jobs during the 1970s and 1980s, when the demand for petroleum related jobs declined, as major oil companies moved their businesses to Texas.

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Texas - Orange - Beaumont - Port Arthur

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