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English: This is a locator map showing Acadia Parish in Louisiana. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
This organized the state into seven judicial districts, each consisting of groups of parishes. In 1816, the first official map of the state used the term parish, as did the 1845 constitution. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been parishes.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by parish. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [ 2 ] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [ 3 ]
The region consists of seven parishes: Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion Parishes. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 604,784 (though a 2015 estimate placed the population at 627,146). [3] The CSA is home to a large Cajun population and is also known as the "Cajun heartland". [citation needed]
Acadia Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 U.S. census , the population was 57,576. [ 1 ] The parish seat and the most populous municipality is Crowley . [ 2 ]
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In 1971, the Louisiana State Legislature officially recognized 22 Louisiana parishes and "other parishes of similar cultural environment" for their "strong French Acadian cultural aspects". [13] It made "The Heart of Acadiana" the official name of the region, although the term Acadiana is the more common name for the region. [ 14 ]