| Bátovce | |
| Other Name: | Bát |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Levice District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bátovce in the Nitra Region##Location of Bátovce in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.3°N 18.75°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1320 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 31.63 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 224 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 1189 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 935 03 |
| Area Code: | +421 36 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | LV |
Bátovce (Hungarian: Bát, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈbaːt/, German: Frauenmarkt) is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1037 as "FORUM REGINE". The second time Batovce was mentioned as "MERKATUM REGINE". In 1327 Hungarian King Karoly named Batovce as The Royal City. In the medieval times it was known as "The city of Queens" and it was one of three free cities in the Hont and Tekov region. After World War II a village called Jalaksova was connected with Batovce. During the 1970s, the Lipovina Water Dam was built and nowadays it is one of the centers of tourism in Levice region.
The village lies at an altitude of 231 metres and covers an area of 31.628 km².It has a population of about 1075 people.
The village is about 95% Slovak with a Romani minority.
The village has a public library, a cinema, a gym and swimming pool and a football pitch.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"