The center of Sant Jaume de Llierca is located on the left bank of the Fluvià, downstream from Castellfollit de la roca.

Some of the points of interest in this eminently industrial town are the church of Sant Jaume de Llierca, the Font Puda, the hermitage of Santa Magdalena, the ruins of the Castle of Mont Palau, the river Fluvià and the chimney and the water channel of the town’s old textile factory.