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
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)