{
  "place_id": "valmiera#8196_11412",
  "wikidata": "Q108037",
  "country": "LV",
  "local_name": "Valmiera",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Valmiera",
      "why": "Current Latvian Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wolmar",
          "why": "German historical name well established in English histories of Livonia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volmar",
          "why": "Russian-mediated historical English spelling."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Valmiera",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Wolmar",
          "why": "German historical name used in French histories of Livonia and the Baltic provinces."
        },
        {
          "name": "Volmar",
          "why": "Older Russian-mediated spelling in French geographical sources."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Valmiera is a city on the Gauja in northern Latvia, in the historical region of Vidzeme. Its medieval church and castle ruins recall its place in the Livonian trading network.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label 'Валміера' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 437,
  "slug": "valmiera"
}