Comte Explained

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)