Crèvecœur
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Crèvecœur or Creve Coeur may refer to:
  • A French term for broken heart
    Broken heart
    A broken heart is a common metaphor used to describe the intense emotional pain or suffering one feels after losing a loved one, whether through death, divorce, breakup, physical separation or romantic rejection....

  • Crèvecœur (chicken)
    Crèvecœur (chicken)
    The Crèvecœur is a rare breed of chicken originating in France. Named after the town of Crèvecœur in Normandy, it is one of the oldest French chicken breeds, and may be the progenitor of the La Flèche, Houdan, and Faverolles....

    , a French chicken breed
  • Creve Coeur, Missouri
    Creve Coeur, Missouri
    Creve Coeur, derived from French for "heartbreak" , is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The city derives its name from Creve Coeur Lake, which is shaped like a broken heart. The population was 17,833 at the 2010 census...

    , a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri
  • Creve Coeur, Illinois
    Creve Coeur, Illinois
    Creve Coeur is a village in Groveland Township, Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 5,448...

    , a village near Peoria, Illinois on the Illinois River in Tazewell County
  • Fort Crevecoeur
    Fort Crevecoeur
    Fort Crevecoeur was founded near the present site of Creve Coeur, a suburb of Peoria, Illinois, in January 1680.-Founding:...

    , a former French fort near present-day Creve Coeur, Illinois
  • Creve Coeur, Rhode Island, a fictional city depicted in the stories and plays of Jacob M. Appel
    Jacob M. Appel
    Jacob M. Appel is an American author, bioethicist and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia....

  • Crèvecoeur (film)
    Crèvecoeur (film)
    Crèvecoeur Crèvecoeur Crèvecoeur (also known as (Heartbreak Ridge) is a 1955 documentary film directed by Jacques Dupont. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The plot revolves around French troops fighting under the United Nations Command in the Korean War....

    , a 1955 documentary film

French communes

  • Crèvecœur-en-Auge
    Crèvecœur-en-Auge
    Crèvecœur-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

    , in the Calvados department
  • Crèvecœur-en-Brie
    Crèvecœur-en-Brie
    Crèvecœur-en-Brie is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...

    , in the Seine-et-Marne department
  • Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut
    Crèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut
    -References:*...

    , in the Nord department
  • Crèvecœur-le-Petit
    Crèvecœur-le-Petit
    Crèvecœur-le-Petit is a small village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.-References:*...

    , in the Oise department
  • Crèvecœur-le-Grand
    Crèvecœur-le-Grand
    Crèvecœur-le-Grand is a town in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.-References:*...

    , in the Oise department

People with the surname

  • J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur (1735–1813), French-American writer
  • Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
    Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
    Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes , sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes, was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley....

    (1788–1868), French geologist
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