Dobele is a town located in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Situated near the center of the country, the settlement sits on the banks of the Bērze river and serves as the administrative seat of the Dobele Municipality.
The town was granted official town rights in 1917 while it was part of the German-occupied Courland Governorate during the First World War. As of 2020, the population of Dobele was recorded at 8,856 residents.