It borders Poland in the east and Slovakia in the south, but the tripoint of the three countries is located outside the municipality.

The central part of the municipal territory with the village lies in the Jablunkov Furrow.

The highest peak of the municipality is the Girová Mountain at 840 m (2,760 ft) above sea level.

The settlement initially served as an economic base for the local guardhouse on the southeastern border of the Duchy of Teschen.

According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality grew from 844 in 1880 to 1,071 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers (between 97.7% and 99.9%) accompanied by German-speaking (at most 19 or 2% in 1890) and Czech-speaking people (at most 3 or 0.3% in 1890).

Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Trans-Olza region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship.