{
  "place_id": "poddembitse#7883_11053",
  "wikidata": "Q324903",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Poddębice",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Poddębice",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Poddembice",
          "why": "Phonetic German-style spelling explicitly recorded in French historical references; also useful in English source matching."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poddembitz",
          "why": "Historical German-style spelling indexed in English naming data."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wandalenbrück",
          "why": "German occupation name in 1943–1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poddebice",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Poddębice for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wandalenbruck",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wandalenbrück for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Poddębice",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French geographical reference heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Poddembice",
          "why": "German historical name explicitly used in the French locality reference, rather than a current French civic name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wandalenbrück",
          "why": "German occupation name explicitly dated 1943–1945 by the French locality reference."
        },
        {
          "name": "Poddebice",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Poddębice for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wandalenbruck",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Wandalenbrück for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Poddębice is a county town northwest of Łódź in central Poland. Its Renaissance palace is one of the town's principal historic buildings.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poddębice ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poddębice.",
  "rank": 1331,
  "slug": "poddebice"
}