Zubrnice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The name is most likely derived from zubr (i.e. 'European bison').

[3] Zubrnice is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Ústí nad Labem.

The entire municipal territory lies within the České středohoří Protected Landscape Area.

With a short break after the Hussite Wars, when Zubrnice was acquired by Jan of Vartenberk, the village was owned by the bishopric in Litoměřice continuously until 1848.

[3] Zubrnice is the terminus and start of a railway line from/to Ústí nad Labem, but trains run on it only on weekends.