Montalegre is a commune located in the Guadeloupe archipelago, an overseas region of France in the Caribbean. It is situated on the island of Basse-Terre, the western of the two main islands that comprise Guadeloupe.
The commune is part of the administrative structure of Guadeloupe and reflects the broader characteristics of settlements in this French Caribbean territory. Like other communes in the region, Montalegre is subject to Guadeloupe's tropical climate and shares the cultural and linguistic heritage of the territory, where French is the official language alongside local Creole dialects.