Other villages in the municipality include Vikebukt, Vik, Vågstranda, Øverås, Fiksdal, Tomrefjord, and Tresfjord.

The area is known for nature and outdoor pursuits, and has a long history in ship building and maritime crafts.

The village of Vestnes (Helland) dates back to early medieval times, and has 24-hour ferry and water taxi service with the town of Molde to the northeast.

Now in the British Museum's collection in London, the rich grave finds include a pair of oval brooches and other dress accessories, a comb, remnants of a bucket and a box, a bridle-bit, agricultural tools, a bronze bowl, a whalebone plaque, a weaving batten and a whetstone.

The official blazon is "Gules, two piles issuant from dexter Or" (Norwegian: I raudt to gull spissar mot venstre).

This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is two piles (triangles) extending from the left to the right.

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.

Vestnes is located in an area of great natural splendour on the southern shores of the vast Romsdal Fjord.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Vestnes is made up of 23 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

The new Tresfjord Bridge carries the E136 highway over the Tresfjorden rather than the previous roadway that follows the shoreline all the way around the fjord.