| Official Name: | Vatta |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vatta in Hungary |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Hungary |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén}} |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subregion |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mezőkövesd |
| Subdivision Type6: | Rank |
| Area Total Km2: | 23.34 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 47.922°N 20.738°W |
| Postal Code: | 3431 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | +36 49 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Population Total: | 919 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
| Population As Of: | 2009 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Blank Name: | KSH code |
| Blank Info: | 30076[3] |
Vatta is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén}}, Hungary. It lies in the south of the county, 30km (20miles) from Miskolc and 19km (12miles) from Mezőkövesd.
According to local tradition, the name of Vatta from the name of an 11th-century pagan tribal chief called "Vata".
The first known record of the village is in a charter of 1323. In the following centuries it was known as Vatha, Woytha, Watha, and Bata. From 1475 the settlement was recorded as Hungarian: Alsóvatta ("Lower Vatta") and Hungarian: Felsővatta ("Upper Vatta"), which indicates that there were two distinct and separate settlements. These combined later.
During the Ottoman rule of the 16th century, the village was razed and the inhabitants had to flee several times.
In 1895 Vatta became a town, and from 1950 an independent village. After Communist rule, in 1990 the village got its own parish council.