{
  "place_id": "aizkraukle#8144_11403",
  "wikidata": "Q411715",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Aizkraukle",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Aizkraukle",
      "why": "Official Latvian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stučka",
          "why": "Soviet-period Latvian name of the modern town, replaced by Aizkraukle in 1990."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stuchka",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin rendering of the Soviet name, replaced in 1990."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ascheraden",
          "why": "German historical name associated with the earlier settlement and castle; the modern planned town has a different footprint."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stucka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Stučka for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Aizkraukle",
      "why": "Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stučka",
          "why": "Soviet-period name explicitly recorded in French history; replaced in 1990."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ascheraden",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French account of the castle and earlier settlement; not identical in extent to the planned modern town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stucka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Stučka for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Aizkraukle is a town on the Daugava in Latvia. The modern town grew as a home for workers building the Pļaviņas hydroelectric plant, while the ruins of the medieval Ascheraden castle stand nearby.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizkraukle ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizkraukle.",
  "rank": 1401,
  "slug": "aizkraukle"
}