The municipality belongs to Upper Lusatia and is located in the central settlement area of the Sorbs. It consists of following villages (names given in German/Upper Sorbian, followed by the number of inhabitants):[when?]
Cunnewitz/Konjecy, 268 inh.
Gränze/Hrajnca, 54 inh.
Laske/Łask, 85 inh.
Naußlitz/Nowoslicy, 121 inh.
Neu-Schmerlitz/Nowa Smjerdźaca, 1 inh.
Ralbitz/Ralbicy, 333 inh.
Rosenthal/Róžant, 265 inh.
Schmerlitz/Smjerdźaca, 182 inh.
Schönau/Šunow, 308 inh.
Zerna/Sernjany, 191 inh.
In 2001, 84.3 per cent of the population spoke Upper Sorbian.[3]