Võhma | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Viljandi County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Põhja-Sakala Parish |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1280 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Rank: | 40th |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Võhma is a town in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Viljandi County, central Estonia.
The settlement dates to the sixteenth century. The German-language name of the town was Wöchma. It began to grow when a railway station, located on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line operated by Elron (rail transit), opened in 1899. Võhma was named a borough in 1945 and a town in 1993. In the period from 1928 to 1996 it was largely known for its slaughterhouse. The closure of the slaughterhouse caused a spike in unemployment, but the town has somewhat rebounded since then.
During the Cold War it was home to Võhma air base.