Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjebø, Lavik, Ortnevik, and Vadheim.

The official blazon is "Azure, three flames in bend argent" (Norwegian: På blå grunn tre sølv flammer i skrå rekkje).

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.

Aluminium is melted and purified in the village of Høyanger, due to the cheap hydroelectric energy that is locally available.

The mayors (Nynorsk: ordførar) of Høyanger:[26] The Sognefjorden (the largest fjord in Norway) runs through the center of the municipality.

Høyanger is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Fjaler and Sunnfjord, to the east by Sogndal and Vik, to the south by Modalen and Masfjorden, and to the west by Gulen and Hyllestad.

Its 367 square kilometres (142 sq mi) area stretches from high mountaintops through fertile valleys and sweeps over steep meadows down to the fjord.

In addition to manufacturing aluminium, Høyanger supports a varied range of light industry that is backed by retail and service trades.

The village of Lavik is an important junction for traffic to and from Bergen as it is a ferry port that is part of the European route E39 highway.

Høyanger is reached from the neighboring municipality of Balestrand to the east by the Høyangertunnelen which is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) in length.

[27] In 1986, in Høyanger, Norsk Hydro Aluminium/Høyanger Metallverk opened a museum designed to show what water power has meant both locally and to Norway as a whole.

Visitors will get to learn about how the aluminium industry has grown and prospered in the area thanks to the vast energy produced by water.