La Pineda is a population entity that belongs to the municipality of Vilaseca, in the province of Tarragona (Spain), located between the historic city of Tarragona and the lively and touristic city of Salou.

It is located on the Costa Dorada, the stretch of Mediterranean coast from the mouth of the Foix River to the Ebro Delta. With 126 kilometers of coastline, it borders to the north with Costa del Garraf (in Barcelona) and to the south with the Costa del Azahar (in Castellón).