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)