{
  "place_id": "rapla#8277_11377",
  "wikidata": "Q215971",
  "country": "EE",
  "local_name": "Rapla",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Rapla",
      "why": "Official Estonian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rappel",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly recorded in the English locality history."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Rapla",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Rappel",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly printed in French locality history; not the current French heading."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rapal",
          "why": "Medieval documentary spelling explicitly printed in French history; not the modern French heading."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Rapla is a town in northwestern Estonia and the centre of Rapla County. Its twin-towered Lutheran church is a distinctive local landmark.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapla ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215971 ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapla.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1689,
  "slug": "rapla"
}