{
  "place_id": "bartsyn#7936_10997",
  "wikidata": "Q1007355",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Barcin",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Barcin",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bartschin",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the current Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bartelstädt",
          "why": "German occupation name adopted in 1943 and replaced by the restored Polish name in 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bartelstadt",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Bartelstädt for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Barcin",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bartschin",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Barcin is a town in the Pałuki region of north-central Poland. It lies on the Noteć River and has links to the limestone and cement industries of the surrounding district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcin ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcin.",
  "rank": 1309,
  "slug": "barcin"
}