{
  "place_id": "belsko-biala#7767_11058",
  "wikidata": "Q106583",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Bielsko-Biała",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Bielsko-Biała",
      "why": "Official local spelling in the Latin alphabet, retained in English; no separate romanization is needed.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bielsko-Biala",
          "why": "Spelling without diacritics, used when the local accents or special letters are unavailable; not a separate name or renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bielitz-Biala",
          "why": "Historical German name, encountered in historical writing, maps and genealogy; not the current official name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Bielsko-Biała",
      "why": "Graphie locale officielle en alphabet latin, conservée en français ; aucune romanisation distincte n’est nécessaire.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Bielsko-Biala",
          "why": "Graphie sans signes diacritiques, employée lorsque les accents ou lettres particulières ne sont pas disponibles ; il ne s’agit pas d’un autre nom."
        },
        {
          "name": "Bielitz-Biala",
          "why": "Nom allemand historique, rencontré dans les ouvrages historiques, les cartes et la généalogie ; ce n’est pas le nom officiel actuel."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Bielsko-Biała is a city at the foot of the Beskid Mountains in southern Poland. The Biała River once divided its two constituent towns, whose development was linked to textile production.",
  "about_fr": "Bielsko-Biała est une ville du sud de la Pologne, au pied des Beskides. La Biała séparait autrefois les deux villes qui la composent, dont le développement était lié au textile.",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Bielsko and Biała merged in 1951. Bielitz-Biala is a German combined designation; Bielitz alone denotes the historical Bielsko component, so it is not included as an unqualified synonym for the whole city.",
  "rank": 65,
  "slug": "bielsko-biala"
}