{
  "place_id": "bliakhovnia#7821_11053",
  "wikidata": "Q1483871",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Blachownia",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Blachownia",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Blachstädt",
          "why": "German occupation-era name used during the Second World War."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blachstadt",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Blachstädt for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Blachownia",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Blachstädt",
          "why": "German wartime name for French archival searches; not a modern French exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Blachstadt",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Blachstädt for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Blachownia is a town west of Częstochowa in southern Poland. Its history is closely tied to ironworking and other industrial activity.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blachownia ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blachownia.",
  "rank": 1053,
  "slug": "blachownia"
}