Creve Coeur, derived from French for "heartbreak" (Crève Cœur), 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 16,500 at the 2000 census. Creve Coeur borders and shares a ZIP code with the neighboring city of Town and Country, Missouri.

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