Podbořany consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] Podbořany is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Louny and 38 km (24 mi) east of Karlovy Vary.

It lies mostly in the Most Basin, but a small western part of the municipal territory extends into the Doupov Mountains and includes the highest point of Podbořany at 460 m (1,510 ft) above sea level.

In 1575, as a property of the Schlick family, Podbořany received town rights.

[8] The I/27 road (the section from Plzeň to Most) passes through the eastern part of the municipal territory.

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a late Baroque building from 1781.