The area of Nord-Vågsøy now makes up the northern part of the present-day Kinn Municipality in Vestland county.

On 1 July 1921, the Blesrød farm in Nord-Vågsøy (just north of Måløy) was transferred to Sør-Vågsøy municipality.

[3] The municipality is named Nord-Vågsøy since it encompasses the northern part of the island of Vågsøy (Old Norse: Vágsey).

[9] The municipal council (Heradsstyre) of Nord-Vågsøy was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms.

The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows: Politically, Nord-Vågsøy was marked by the father and son Karl Iversen and Leif Iversen, who served as mayors for forty of the 54 years that the municipality was in existence.