{
  "place_id": "charna-bilostotska#7961_11293",
  "wikidata": "Q584966",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Czarna Białostocka",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Czarna Białostocka",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Czarna Wieś",
          "why": "Former Polish name, replaced by Czarna Białostocka in 1962."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwarzdorf",
          "why": "German historical name, particularly in wartime references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarna Bialostocka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Czarna Białostocka for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarna Wies",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Czarna Wieś for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Czarna Białostocka",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Czarna Wieś",
          "why": "Former Polish name, replaced in 1962; useful in French historical searches."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarna Bialostocka",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Czarna Białostocka for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Czarna Wies",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Czarna Wieś for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Czarna Białostocka is a town north of Białystok in northeastern Poland. Its development is connected with the railway and the forests of the Knyszyn area.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Czarna Wieś replaced by Czarna Białostocka in 1962. Historical names must be matched to this town north of Białystok. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarna_Białostocka ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czarna_Białostocka_(ville). Some reference requests failed during research; surviving checks and unresolved usage limitations are distinguished above.",
  "rank": 1096,
  "slug": "czarna-bialostocka"
}