Cartelle is a municipality in the province of Ourense, within the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca (district) of Terra de Celanova.
As a Galician municipality, Cartelle forms part of the region's local administrative structure, with its territory administered from the provincial capital of Ourense. The surrounding comarca of Terra de Celanova lies in the southern part of the province, near the border with Portugal.