{
  "place_id": "mendzykhud#7922_10882",
  "wikidata": "Q556484",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Międzychód",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Międzychód",
      "why": "Current official Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its local spelling; no Cyrillic romanization is required.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Birnbaum",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the former Prussian town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miedzychod",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Międzychód for English retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Międzychód",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage, without a separate French exonym.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Birnbaum",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in French histories of the former Prussian town."
        },
        {
          "name": "Miedzychod",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing or indexing form of Międzychód for French retrieval; not a separate official name. Independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Międzychód is a town on the Warta in western Greater Poland. Lakes and forests around the town make it a base for exploring the Międzychód–Sieraków lake district.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Missing Wikidata ID filled from the linked settlement item Q556484. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Międzychód ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Międzychód.",
  "rank": 943,
  "slug": "miedzychod"
}