It lies in the valley of the Rožnovská Bečva River and its tributary, the brook Hodorfský potok.

The northern municipal border runs over the mountain peaks of Kamenárka (862 m (2,828 ft)), Dlouhá (859 m), Krátká (767 m) and Hodorf (766 m).

Crafts were the livelihood of the inhabitants and the village was famous for the production of besoms and embroidery.

[2] The I/35 road (part of the European route E442) from Valašské Meziříčí to the Czech-Slovak border passes through the town.

[9] Minor sights are the sculpture group Wallachian Family by Vladimír Navrátil, monument to President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk with an equestrian motif by Marius Kotrba, and a memorial of the executed partisans.