The area of the former municipality encompassed the southern half of the present-day Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, it specifically included the present-day boroughs of Fyllingsdalen, Ytrebygda, and Fana, as well as the southern part of the borough of Årstad.

The parish of "Fane" was established as a formannskapsdistrikt, the predecessor of today's municipalities ("kommune"), on 1 January 1838.

[4] On 12 August 1955, the northern part of /the Fyllingsdalen valley in Fana (population: 1,590) was sold to the city of Bergen for 1.5 million kr.

[7] The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Laksevåg was made up of 53 representatives that were elected to four year terms.

The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: The mayors (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Fana:[16]