Dobele
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Proportional distribution of different ethnicities in Dobele Dobele (; ) is a town and seat of Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is located near the center of Latvia on the banks of the river Bērze. It received town rights in 1917 whilst being a part of the German occupied Courland Governorate during the First World War. As of 2020, the population was 8,856.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dobele
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Dobele COA.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 50
- Settlement.image_flag
- Dobele flag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dobeles pilsdrupas 1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 270
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dobele castle ruins.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dobele Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1917
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
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thumb|right|300px|Proportional distribution of different ethnicities in Dobele Dobele (; ) is a town and seat of Dobele Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is located near the center of Latvia on the banks of the river Bērze. It received town rights in 1917 whilst being a part of the German occupied Courland Governorate during the First World War. As of 2020, the population was 8,856.
==Name origin== In a German document from 1254 a place name Dubelene or Dubelone has been used. Later the names Doblene, Doblenen and Doblen also have been used for this inhabited location. The original place name can be reconstructed as Dobelene or Dobeliene, but its origins are linked to the place name duobe (pit or delve) and duobele (dip, dimple). Most likely, the reconstructed place name Dobelene meant 'populated area in a dimple'.