The municipality consisted of several islands west of the city of Bergen, the major ones being Litlesotra, heloooon part of Store Sotra, Bildøy, Bjorøy, Misje, and Turøy.

Due to the opening of the Sotra Bridge to the mainland in 1971 and its proximity to the city of Bergen, the population has grown from less than 7,000 to over 25,000 as of 2017.

[6] The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Fjelde farm (Old Norse: Fjall) since the first Fjell Church was built there.

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a seagull flying over three triangular black mountain shapes over three wavy lines.

The seagull and wavy lines have a tincture of argent which means they are commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

It covered many islands in a large archipelago that stretched from Sund in the south to Fedje in the north.

On the western side of Sotra, the smaller islands of Algrøyna, Lokøyna, and Syltøyna are located.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Fjell was made up of 35 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: The mayors (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Fjell (incomplete list):