the municipality covers an area of . the population (2017) is 47,199, making the population density of . the population of the agglomeration, which includes parts of the neighbouring sula municipality, is 48,460. the municipality also contains three smaller separate urban areas on the island of ellingsøya: hoffland, årset, and myklebost with a total population of 1,279. other villages include løvika and spjelkavik, both on uksenøya.