Other villages in the municipality included Lysebotn, Øvre Espedal, Oanes, Kolabygda, and Fløyrli.

Forsand municipality surrounded the famous Lysefjorden and it was located on the east side of the Høgsfjorden.

The official blazon is "Vert, a heron vigilant argent" (Norwegian: På grøn grunn ein sølv hegre).

This means the arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a heron standing on one leg.

The charge has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

Forsand was a large municipality that is very mountainous with a long, narrow fjord running through the middle from east to west.

The Lysefjorden was surrounded by very steep 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) tall cliffs such as Kjerag and Preikestolen, with the Lysefjord Bridge crossing the fjord near the western end.

The lake Nilsebuvatnet is located high up in the mountains, north of Lysebotn at the border of Strand and Forsand municipalities.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Forsand was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms.