Crèvecœur
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Crèvecœur or Creve Coeur may refer to:
- A French term for broken heartBroken heartA 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, MissouriCreve Coeur, MissouriCreve 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, IllinoisCreve Coeur, IllinoisCreve 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 CrevecoeurFort CrevecoeurFort 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. AppelJacob M. AppelJacob 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-AugeCrèvecœur-en-AugeCrèvecœur-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-BrieCrèvecœur-en-BrieCrèvecœur-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'EscautCrèvecœur-sur-l'Escaut-References:*...
, in the Nord department - Crèvecœur-le-PetitCrèvecœur-le-PetitCrèvecœur-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-GrandCrèvecœur-le-GrandCrèvecœur-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 PerthesJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesJacques 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