Moravany consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name indicates a village inhabited by people who came from Moravia (Moravians).

It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the East Elbe Table, on the edge of the Polabí region.

The flooded quarry called Duhový Pond is located north of the village of Moravany.

[4] In 1806 the Crown Prince passed through Moravany, later known as the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria.

The settlers solicited designation of a priest and the building of a rectory although the foundation of a new church had been laid down in 1782 after the old one had burned to the ground.