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"Ac adiana,
is the name given to the traditional twenty-two parish Cajun
homeland, which in 1971 the Louisiana state legislature
officially recognized for its unique Cajun and Acadian heritage
(per House Concurrent Resolution No. 496). Despite the frequent
association of Cajuns with swamplands, Acadiana actually
consists of prairies, marshes, and wooded river (or bayou)
lands. Acadiana often is applied only to Lafayette
Parish and several neighboring parishes, usually Acadia, Iberia,
St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes, and sometimes
also Evangeline and St. Mary; this eight-parish area, however,
is actually the "Cajun Heartland, USA" district, which makes up
only about a third of the entire Acadiana region."
https://www.facebook.com/acadiana.delegation
It is of my opinion, when referring to 'Cajun Country', the
speaker is referring to no less than 22 of the 64 Louisiana
Parishes:
Acadia,
Ascension,
Assumption,
Avoyelles,
Calcasieu,
Cameron,
Evangeline,
Iberia,
Iberville,
Jefferson 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
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