| Komjatice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nové Zámky District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Komjatice in the Nitra Region##Location of Komjatice in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.15°N 29°W |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 30.75 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 128 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 4223 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 941 06 |
| Area Code: | +421 35 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | NZ |
Komjatice (Hungarian: Komját) is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District of the south-west of Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.
The name comes from komňata - a well equipped room, usually for guests (in the modern Slovak komnata: a well equipped room in a manor house or castle). The village was on an important trade route and was named after the services provided in it (accommodation for guests).[4]
The first written mention of the village dates from 1256, where it is mentioned as Kamnati, later Komnyati from 1348, Komjátice from 1808.In 1936, the village of Degeš was separated from the district of Komjatice, which was renamed to Rastislavice in 1948.
National awakener, educator, priest, patron and writer, collector of fairy tales, co-founder of Tatrín Ondrej Caban worked in the village.
It has a population of about 4207 people of which 4125 are Slovaks and 28 are Hungarians.
The settlement had Hungarian majority as early as the 17th century according to the Turkish tax census.[5]
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"