Area: Hranice Town with its inclusively integrated villages has a total area of over 52 km2.
location: The town is situated in the territory of the so called Moravian Gate (more precisely in a part called the Bečva Gate) for the most part on the right bank of the Bečva river, at an altitude of about 260 m between the Oderské Hills and Podbeskydská Hilly Country (the Maleník Hill). The Bečva Gate has the character of a hilly country with high segmentation and height of 205 m - 366 m above sea level. Hranice belongs among those towns with very interesting natural surroundings. The town was tactically founded on a terrain elevation at a bend of the Bečva river between the Ludina and Velička brooks. It is situated in a space with the accumulation of transport and engineering corridors on the main railroad and road artery Přerov-Ostrava with an important branch road to Valašské Meziříčí, Beskydy, Vsetín and Slovakia. For the position of the town there is an important neighbourhood spa at Teplice nad Bečvou.
Inhabitants: According to statistical data from December 31, 2001 19,769 inhabitants live in the Hranice Town district.
Plní funkci základního stupně územní samosprávy a v různé míře je také vykonavatelem státní správy.
