The industrial and cultural hub of ‘Cajun’ country is home to 100,000 people, many of whom are descended from French-speaking Canadians from Nova Scotia. They settled in the region after 1764, having been deported by the British for refusing to give up the Catholic faith or pledge allegiance to the British crown. These people were originally known as ‘Acadians’, but the name was eventually shortened to ‘Cajuns’. The land is full of swamps and bayous. Acadian Village and Vermilionville are faithful replicas of early Cajun communities.