Comté
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Comté is a French word that can refer to:
- The territory ruled by a countCountA count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
(comte) in medieval France (also known in English as a county or, rarely, as a countship, when referring to French land, or earldom, when referring to English land) - Comté (cheese)Comté (cheese)Comté is a French cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France.Comté has the highest production figures of all French AOC cheeses, making around 40,000 tonnes annually...
, a famous French cheese from Franche-Comté - La ComtéLa ComtéLa Comté is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe.-Population:-Places of...
, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département of France. - la Comté, the French translation of "The ShireShire (Middle-earth)The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works. The Shire refers to an area settled exclusively by Hobbits and largely removed from the goings-on in the rest of Middle-earth. It is located in the northwest of the continent, in...
" in J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth
See also
- ComteComteComte is a title of Catalan, Occitan and French nobility. In the English language, the title is equivalent to count, a rank in several European nobilities. The corresponding rank in England is earl...
- Conté (disambiguation)Conté (disambiguation)Conté can refer to:*Lansana Conté , President of Guinea*Nicolas-Jacques Conté, known for** Conté crayons...
- Auguste ComteAuguste ComteIsidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte , better known as Auguste Comte , was a French philosopher, a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism...
, the French philosopher and founder of sociologySociologySociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
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