Other villages in Drangedal include Bø i Tørdal, Bostrak, Gautefall, Henseid, and Neslandsvatn.

The municipal government is located there along with primary and secondary schools, shopping facilities, and a bank.

The first element is the plural genitive case of the word drangr which means "pointed or jutting cliff or stone" or "mountain peak".

The official blazon is "Vert, two pine cones Or in pale" (Norwegian: I grønt to gull furukongler, 1-1).

This means the arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a set of two pine cones lined up vertically.

The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used.

The green color in the field and the pine cone design symbolizes the vast forests in the municipality.