It lies in Central Bohemian Uplands and in the eponymous protected landscape area.

[3][6] The I/62 road (part of the European route E442) from Ústí nad Labem to Děčín passes through the municipality.

The municipality is served by three train stations and stops: Povrly, Povrly-Roztoky and Neštědice.

[8] A historical landmark is the Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist in Roztoky.

It is an architecturally atypical church built in the late Neoclassical style using Neo-Gothic and Neo-Romanesque elements.