{
  "place_id": "pachkuv#7803_10944",
  "wikidata": "Q988574",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Paczków",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Paczków",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Patschkau",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English regional history; not the current Polish civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Paczkōw",
          "why": "Silesian-language form explicitly given in English reference prose."
        },
        {
          "name": "Polish Carcassonne",
          "why": "Descriptive English nickname referring to the surviving town walls; not an official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Paczkow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Paczków for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Paczków",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Patschkau",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Paczkow",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Paczków for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Paczków is a town in southwestern Poland near the Czech border. Its preserved medieval walls and towers enclose a historic centre in the valley of the Nysa Kłodzka.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczków ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczków ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пачкув ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Пачкаў ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczków.",
  "rank": 1344,
  "slug": "paczkow"
}