The European route E39 highway runs east-west through Vigeland, connecting it to the town of Mandal, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the southeast.

The first element could also be the genitive plural case of the Old Norse word víkingr meaning "Viking" but the use of such a name would be a bit obscure.

[3] Valle Church is located on the east side of the Audna river at Vigeland.

A statue created by Gustav Vigeland of Peder Claussøn Friis, who was once a priest in Lindesnes, stands outside the Valle Church rectory.

The brothers both lived for a time with their grandparents on a farm called Mjunebrokka in Vigeland.