{
  "place_id": "kelme#8090_11274",
  "wikidata": "Q658230",
  "country": "LT",
  "local_name": "Kelmė",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Kelmė",
      "why": "Official Lithuanian Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kielmy",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in English regional history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kelm",
          "why": "Jewish-community name used in English historical and genealogical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kelme",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kelmė for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Kelmė",
      "why": "Same form as in English; used in French geographical reference headings.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kelm",
          "why": "Jewish-community name used for French religious and historical bibliography matching; not the modern French civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kielmy",
          "why": "Polish historical form for French archival matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kelme",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Kelmė for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Kelmė is a town in western Lithuania's Samogitia region. Its manor estate is a local landmark, and the town had an important Jewish community before the Holocaust.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmė ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmė.",
  "rank": 1259,
  "slug": "kelme"
}