[1] Väimela is situated 5 km from Võru it is also, first mentioned in historical materials in the year 1403.

Võru County Vocational Training Centre is situated in Väimela.

A kolkhoz operated in Väimela during the Soviet era.

It was broken up and the land was redistributed to private farmers in 1990.

[2] This Võru County location article is a stub.