Dobele Municipality

Dobele Municipality Dobeles novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Reformed	2021
Centre	Dobele
Government
• Council Chair	Ivars Gorskis (LZS)
Area [1]
• Total	1,629.33 km^2 (629.09 sq mi)
• Land	1,587.25 km^2 (612.84 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	27,474
• Density	17/km^2 (44/sq mi)
Website	www.dobele.lv

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.^[3] As of 2020, the population was 19,286.^[4]

On 1 July 2021, Dobele Municipality was enlarged when Auce Municipality and Tērvete Municipality were merged into it. It borders Lithuania.

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Dobele is twinned with:^[5]

• Akmenė, Lithuania
• Ängelholm, Sweden
• Joniškis, Lithuania
• Konin, Poland
• Schmölln, Germany

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

1. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
3. "Pilsēta un pagasti ; Dobeles novada pašvaldība" [Town and parishes ; Dobele Municipality self-government] (in Latvian). Dobele Municipality. Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
4. "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
5. "Sadarbības partneri". dobele.lv (in Latvian). Dobele. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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