 The municipality belongs to the Shire of Middle Vinalopó, located in the transition from the corridors to the arid plains subbéticos precoastal Alicante.The town of Monforte del Cid is nestled in the center of the Middle Valley Vinalopó, and the municipality has an area of .The town is high, on a hill that was crowned by a medieval castle turned into the S. Seventeenth Parish Church.