Official Name: | Dovilai |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Lithuania |
Subdivision Name: | Lithuania |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Klaipėda County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 1246 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 55.6778°N 21.3556°W |
Dovilai (German: Dawillen) is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 1,246 people.[1]
Dovilai town has a middle school, kindergarten, culture house, library, church, post office and a Rural tourism homestead. In 1736 a first primary school in Dovilai was opened, which became an eight-year school in 1971 and a middle school in 1986. In 2009 coat of arms of the town was approved.