Dobele Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality of Latvia}}

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| name = Dobele Municipality

| native_name = Dobeles novads

| native_name_lang = lv

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_flag = LVA Dobeles novads flag.png

| image_shield = Dobeles novads COA.svg

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| 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)

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| website = {{URL|www.dobele.lv}}

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Dobele Municipality ({{langx|lv|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.dobele.lv/page/pilseta-un-pagasti |title=Pilsēta un pagasti ; Dobeles novada pašvaldība |trans-title=Town and parishes ; Dobele Municipality self-government |publisher=Dobele Municipality |language=lv |access-date=2010-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625024319/http://www.dobele.lv/page/pilseta-un-pagasti |archive-date=2010-06-25}} As of 2020, the population was 19,286.{{Cite web | url=http://data.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/en/iedz/iedz__iedzskaits__ikgad/ISG020.px/ | title=ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county | publisher=Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia|date=2020-01-01|access-date=2021-02-12}}

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