{
  "place_id": "hostynin#7912_11081",
  "wikidata": "Q983735",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Gostynin",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Gostynin",
      "why": "Polish official Latin-script name, retained in English in its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gasten",
          "why": "German occupation name used during the Second World War; historical only."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Gostynin",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain this spelling in French. No separate French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Gasten",
          "why": "Occupation-era German name encountered in French archival and wartime studies."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Gostynin is a town in Masovian Voivodeship west of Płock. Its castle site and surrounding lake-and-forest landscape connect its medieval history with the wider Vistula lowlands.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Input label is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 561,
  "slug": "gostynin"
}