Várpalota (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈvaːrpɒlotɒ]; German: Burgschloß) is a town in Western Hungary, in the Transdanubian county of Veszprém.

Most of the citizens work in the nearby cities, Veszprém or Székesfehérvár.

The town's origins are linked to the Roman and Avar periods, as testified verified by burial mounds, tombstones and Roman artifacts in the outskirts of the town, some of which can be found in the lapidary of Thury Castle.

In the Middle Ages it was a flourishing market town.

It was successfully besieged by the Ottoman Empire in October 1593 during the Long Turkish War.