{
  "place_id": "stavcheny#7615_11603",
  "wikidata": "Q20858840",
  "country": "MD",
  "local_name": "Stăuceni",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Stăuceni",
      "why": "Official Romanian Latin-script name, retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stauceni",
          "why": "Diacritic-free Romanian name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stavcheny",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling from Ставчены, common in older records."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Stăuceni",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Stavtcheny",
          "why": "French-style transcription of Russian Ставчены, useful for older sources; prevalence unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Stauceni",
          "why": "Romanian spelling without the breve, used in French indexes."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Stăuceni is a town on the northeastern outskirts of Chișinău in Moldova. Its development combines suburban housing with a long association with wine-growing and wine education.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Granted town status in 2024, confirmed by the municipality. This is the Chișinău suburban town, not another settlement called Stăuceni. Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 687,
  "slug": "stauceni"
}