Vallada is a municipality in the comarca of Costera, within the Valencian Community of eastern Spain. It lies in the province of Valencia, in the inland part of the region rather than on the coast.
The town belongs to the Costera comarca, a district in the Valencian Community whose administrative centre is the nearby town of Xàtiva. Vallada is one of the municipalities that make up this comarca.
As a Valencian municipality, Vallada forms part of the local administrative structure of the region, which is divided into provinces, comarcas and municipalities. The Valencian Community is an autonomous community in eastern Spain, and its municipalities serve as the basic tier of local government.