Dobele Municipality | |
Native Name: | Dobeles novads |
Native Name Lang: | lv |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Formed |
Established Date: | 2009 |
Established Title2: | Reformed |
Established Date2: | 2021 |
Seat Type: | Centre |
Seat: | Dobele |
Leader Title: | Council Chair |
Leader Name: | Ivars Gorskis (LZS) |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Dobele Municipality (Latvian: Dobeles novads) is a municipality in the historical region of Zemgale, and the Zemgale Planning Region in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Dobele town and the Annenieki, Auri, Bērze, Biksti, Dobele, Jaunbērze, Krimūna, Naudīte, Penkule and Zebrene parishes, the administrative centre being Dobele.[1] As of 2020, the population was 19,286.[2]
On 1 July 2021, Dobele Municipality was enlarged when Auce Municipality and Tērvete Municipality were merged into it. It borders Lithuania.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia.