Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, Hasselvika, Husbysjøen, Leira, Leksvik, Råkvåg, Rørvika, Seter, Stadsbygd, Sørfjorden, Verrabotn, and Vanvikan.

The last element is Fosen (Old Norse: Fólgsn) which means "hiding place" or "hidden port".

The district is named after the island of Storfosna ("Big Fosen") in Ørland Municipality.

[8] The official blazon is "Per chevron embowed azure and argent point ending in trefoil" (Norwegian: I blått en innbøyd sølv spiss som ender i et kløverblad).

This means the arms have a field (background) that is divided by a line in the shape of a chevron with curved sides that meet at a point.

On Borgen, there is a hill between Hindrem and Seter that may have been a great Viking fortress, but this could also be tracks made by the glaciers during the last ice age.

In more modern history, Leksvik and Hindrem are small and relatively isolated villages, north of Trondheimsfjord.

But as a small and isolated village, nothing of great importance happened there during the war, and it was mostly peaceful although bombs fell over Trondheim, on the south side of the fjord.

After the first road was finally finished in the early 1960s, industry grew rapidly and replaced the goats.

There are several large lakes located in Indre Fosen Municipality including Storvatnet, Meltingvatnet, and Botn.

[1] The Flakk–Rørvik Ferry crosses the Trondheimsfjord connecting the village of Rørvik to the city of Trondheim to the south.