Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Kjerringvika, Røra, Sakshaug, Sandvollan, Småland, Trongsundet, Utøya, Vangshylla, and Venneshamn.

The first element is the definite singular version of the dative case of the word ey which means "island".

The official blazon is "Gules, four flatfishes Or, one over two over one" (Norwegian: I rødt fire opprette gull flyndrer, 1-2-1).

This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is four European plaice (a type of flat fish) one over two over one.

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

In the Middle Ages it was the centre of the county Øynafylket (which also included the areas of Beitstad and Verran.

Many of the construction techniques used in the archbishop's cathedral Nidarosdomen in Trondheim were experimented with on Old Sakshaug Church.

Later, the areas lent its name to the Inderøy District Court which formerly had jurisdiction over parts of Trøndelag county.

The area was described by a Norwegian poet, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, in 1860 who depicted its panorama from Rolsbakken.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Inderøy is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four-year terms.

All dominant industry is oriented around agriculture, with factories producing distillery products (Sundnes Brenneri), animal feed, flat bread, jam, and juice (Røra Fabrikker), chickens, and other meat products.

The Skarnsundet strait lies between the Inderøya and Fosen peninsulas in the center of the municipality, and it connects the main Trondheimsfjord with the inner Beitstadfjorden.

It connects to Norwegian National Road 755 that runs through Sakshaug and onwards to Utøya and Mosvik.

National Road 761 runs from Sakshaug north through Sandvollan before intersecting with E6 south of Steinkjer.

Quite a number of local activities are oriented around culture, including the annual jazz festival Soddjazz.