Comte

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

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 1950¹), 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 1969¹), 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)

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