{
  "place_id": "lobez#7979_10867",
  "wikidata": "Q196163",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Łobez",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Łobez",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Labes",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English accounts of the place before 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Łobéz",
          "why": "Kashubian name quoted in English geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lobez",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Łobez for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Łobez",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Labes",
          "why": "German historical name used in French Pomeranian history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Lobez",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Łobez for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Łobez is a town on the Rega in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, northwestern Poland. It serves as a county centre and was historically known by the German name Labes.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Missing Wikidata ID filled from the linked settlement item Q196163. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Łobez ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Łobez.",
  "rank": 994,
  "slug": "lobez"
}