Väimela

Väimela is a small borough in , in southeastern . Väimela is located 5 km from . It was first mentioned in historical materials in 1403.
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  • Type: Village with 574 residents
  • Description: township in Võru Rural Municipality, Võru County, Estonia
  • Also known as: “Myza Vana-Vyaymela”, “Vaeimela”, “Väimela Asundus”, “Vana-Väimela”, “Vana-Vyaymela”, and “Vyaymela”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Võru County Vocational Training Centre and Väimela manor house.

School
is an educational institution in Väimela, Võrumaa, South-, which offers secondary vocational education and pre-training study programmes.

Manor estate
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is a manor estate.

Photo: Vaido Otsar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lake in . It is located in the settlement of Väimela in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parksepa and Võru.

Village
is a small borough in , in southeastern .

Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . Despite the picturesque location on the shore of the lake, does not inhibit much of a medieval history. The central landmark is the cosy house-museum of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the collector of the Estonian epic poetry and one of the founders of Estonian literature.

Hamlet
is a in , in . is situated 6 km east of Väimela.

Väimela

Latitude
57.89207° or 57° 53′ 32″ north
Longitude
27.01159° or 27° 0′ 42″ east
Population
574
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Open location code
9G99V2R6+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 393962411
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
587901
Wiki­data ID
Q11049196
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Võro—“Väimela” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վեիմելա”
  • Belarusian: “Вяймела”
  • Cebuano: “Väimela”
  • Dutch: “Väimela”
  • Estonian: “Väimela alevik”
  • Estonian: “Väimela”
  • French: “Väimela”
  • German: “Väimela”
  • Latvian: “Veimela”
  • Persian: “وایملا”
  • Russian: “Вяймела”
  • Spanish: “Väimela”
  • Swedish: “Väimela”
  • Ukrainian: “Вяймела”
  • Uzbek: “Väimela”
  • Volapük: “Väimela”
  • Võro: “Väimälä”
  • “Väimälä”

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Highlights include Väimela Tervisekeskus and Väimela staadion.

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