Kaunata — village in Rēzekne district (Republic of Latvia).

Founded in the early 20th century as the shtetl Kovnaty of Rēzhitsa county, Vitebsk province. From 1918 to 1940 it was part of the Republic of Latvia, and from 1940 to 1991 of the Latvian SSR.

In 1920 Kaunata was home to 66 Jews (38% of the population); in 1925 — 67; in 1935 — 63 (37%); and by June 1941 — about 50 Jews.

From 1901 the rabbi of Kaunata was Shloyme Magarama. In 1920, with the assistance of the Joint Distribution Committee, a mutual aid fund was established. In the 1930s a synagogue functioned in the village; the rabbi was Shloyme Orbach. In 1933 four Jews of Kaunata were brought to trial on charges of underground communist activity. By 1935 Jews owned 12 of the 15 shops and workshops in the settlement.

The Jews of Kaunata were executed in September 1941 by Latvian policemen.