The historic farm and museum of Ytste Skotet lies along the Storfjorden in the western part of the municipality.

Stordal had relatively good agricultural land, and the main source of income is livestock.

[8] The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the local Stordalen valley (Old Norse: Stóladalr).

On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Stordal, removing the definite form ending -en.

The official blazon is "Azure, a pale dovetailed Or" (Norwegian: På blå grunn ein gull stolpe laga med duestjertsnitt).

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a pale with dovetailed sides.

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 pale symbolises the forestry and furniture manufacturing in the municipality, which traditionally uses a dovetail system to join two pieces of wood.

Ytste Skotet is a preserved historic farm/museum that is located on the steep mountainsides on the west side of the fjord.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Stordal is made up of 15 representatives that are elected to four year terms.