Võhma

This airticle is aboot the toun. For ither places wi the same name, see Võhma (disambiguation).

Võhma (German: Wöchma) is a toun an municipality in central Estonie, in Viljandi Coonty. It haes a population o 1411 (as o 1 Januar 2010).

Võhma
Toun an municipality
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Võhma Location in Estonie
Coordinates: 58°38′N 25°33′E
Kintra	Estonie
Coonty	Viljandi Coonty
Govrenment
• Mayor	Avo Põder (Centre Pairty)
Population  (01.01.2006)
• Total	1,544
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	vov.matti.ee/vohmalv

History

The dounset dates tae the saxteent century. It began tae grow when a railwey station wis opened in 1899. Võhma wis namit a burgh in 1945 an a toun in 1993. In the period frae 1928 tae 1996 it wis lairgely kent for its slauchterhoose. The closur o the slauchterhoose caused a spike in unemployment, but the toun haes somewha reboondit syne then.

Gallery

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  Võhma toun haw
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  Võhma railwey station
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  Umwhile Võhma meat processin plant

Freemit airtins

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