Other villages in the municipality include Selje, Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, Hoddevika, Håvik, Leikanger, Mogrenda, Stårheim, Haugen, Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and Lote.

When built it will be the first full-size ship tunnel in the world and will allow boats to avoid traveling around the Stad peninsula—a particularly dangerous sea route.

This means the arms have a teal-colored field (background) and the charge is a two-part design with St. Sunniva on the left and a fjord horse on the right.

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.

[8] These two figures were chosen because the region is well known for its own race of horses, called the Fjording, that are very common and popular in the area.

[9] The woman is a depiction of Saint Sunniva, the royal Irish missionary who died as a martyr on the island of Selja while trying to convert the locals to Christianity.

Stad Municipality is located in the northwesternmost part of Vestland county, in the Nordfjord region.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Stad is made up of 31 representatives that are elected to four year terms.