[5] The Brekstad–Valset Ferry connected Agdenes to the town of Brekstad in Ørland Municipality on the other side of the Trondheimsfjorden.

The new Værnes Municipality encompassed the area along the south side of the Trondheimsleia and Trondheimsfjorden and it initially had a population of 1,412.

The official blazon is "Ermine, a chief gules" (Norwegian: I hermelin et rødt skjoldhode).

This means the arms have a field (background) that has a tincture of ermine, a type of fur design that mimics the winter coat of a stoat.

As ermine is also a royal symbol, it symbolises the fact that in historical times the local overlords (jarls) and kings have resided in the village.

The most common varieties of strawberry grown here are Korona, Sephyr, Senga Sengana, and Bounty.

Today, strawberry collection is performed by foreign workers, which are mainly from Poland and Lithuania.

In the initial stages, the Norwegian youth were the main workforce, but after the 1970s, it became less attractive for them to pick strawberries in a field.

Here is a list of people who held this position:[32] The municipality was situated at the south end of the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord where it met the Trondheimsleia.

The highest point in the municipality was the 656.2-metre (2,153 ft) tall mountain Hestgrovheia, just west of the village of Lensvik.

Fully protected since 1983, this nature reserve comprised shallow water with extensive reed beds.