Sellent is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta, in the Valencian Community of eastern Spain. It is located in the province of Valencia, within the autonomous community that runs along Spain's Mediterranean coast.
The town sits in the Ribera Alta, a comarca whose name refers to the fertile lower valley of the Júcar river. Sellent is one of the smaller municipalities of this inland district, which lies south and west of the city of Valencia.
As a Valencian municipality, Sellent is administered as a local entity within Spain's system of autonomous communities and comarcas. Its official name is Sellent, the Valencian form used by the municipality.