What is Acadiana?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Acadiana | type = Region | image_skyline = Downtown Lafayette LA 2021 2.jpg | image_caption = Downtown [[Lafayette, Louisiana]] | image_flag = Flag of Acadiana.svg | image_map = Acadiana Louisiana region map.svg | map_caption = Map of Louisiana with Acadiana highlighted, and the heart of Acadiana in dark red | image_map1 = Map of USA LA.svg | map_caption1 = Location of Louisiana within the United States | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[United States]] | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = [[Louisiana]] | established_title = Legislative recognition | established_date = 1971 | seat_type = Largest city | seat = [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] | website = [https://www.lafayettetravel.com lafayettetravel.com] | population_total = 1486345 | population_as_of = 2020 | imagesize = 300 }} <!--Heart of Acadiana is a smaller region --> '''Acadiana''' ([[French language|French]] and [[Cajun French language|Louisiana French]]: ''L'Acadiane'') is the official name given to the [[Louisiana (New France)|French Louisiana]] region that has historically contained much of the state's Francophone population. Many are of [[Acadia]]n descent and now identify as [[Cajuns]] or [[Louisiana Creole people|Louisiana Creoles]]. Of the 64 [[List of parishes in Louisiana|parishes]] that make up the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]], 22 named parishes and other parishes of similar cultural environment make up this [[List of regions of the United States#Intrastate regions|intrastate region]]. {{Louisiana}} [[Category:Acadiana| ]] {{US-geo-stub}}