Other villages in the municipality included Ramnes, Brekkeåsen, Bergsåsen, Gretteåsen, Undrumsdal, Fon, Vivestad.

Snippane was located along the border with Lardal Municipality, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the village of Hof.

The name is related to the old German word reihe which means "line" or "row", referring to the local geological formation called Raet.

The official blazon is "Vert, an escarbuncle Or" (Norwegian: I grønt en gul liljehaspel).

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

The five-pointed design has a long history in the area and it symbolizes unity and to point back in time to the historic battles fought at Re.

[citation needed] Re Municipality had only one mayor (Norwegian: ordfører) during its existence: Thorvald Hillestad from the Centre Party.