{{wiktionary|comte|compte|comté}} '''''Comte''''' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word "count" (Latin: ''comes''); '''''comté''''' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word "county" (Latin: ''comitatus'').
'''Comte''' or '''Comté''' may refer to: * ''Comte'', French for a count (i.e. the nobleman) * ''Comté'', a county in France (territory ruled by a count) * La Comté, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France * Comté cheese, a cheese from Franche-Comté, eastern France
==People with the surname== * Alfred Comte (1895–1965), Swiss aviation pioneer * Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French philosopher * Charles Comte (1782–1837), French lawyer, journalist and political writer * Claudine le Comte (born 1950), Belgian fencer * Fabienne Comte, French statistician * Fernando Compte (1930–2013), founder and first president of the International Sambo Federation * Ferran Soriano i Compte (born 1967), Spanish CEO of various football clubs, including Manchester City F.C. * Harry Comte (1909—1945), Australian rules footballer * Louis Comte (1788–1859), French magician * Maurice Compte (born 1969), American actor * Pere Compte (died 1506), Spanish Catalan architect * Raphaël Comte (born 1979), Swiss politician
==See also== * {{look from}} * Vicomte, the French equivalent of a viscount * Franche-Comté, a traditional province of eastern France * Conde (disambiguation), the Spanish, Portuguese and Galician term for ''Count'' * Conte (disambiguation), the Italian term for ''Count'' * Le Compte (disambiguation)
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