{
  "place_id": "sedltsi#7899_11237",
  "wikidata": "Q319813",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Siedlce",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Siedlce",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shidlts",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sedlets",
          "why": "Russian-based spelling, found in older international references and Russian-language source citations; retained as a recognition form."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Siedlce",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Shidlts",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Sedlets",
          "why": "Graphie issue du russe, présente dans les anciennes références internationales et les citations de sources russophones ; forme conservée pour l’identification."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Siedlce is a city in eastern Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship. The Ogiński palace and park are reminders of its history as an aristocratic estate and regional centre.",
  "about_fr": "Siedlce est une ville de l’est de la Pologne, dans la voïvodie de Mazovie. Le palais Ogiński et son parc rappellent son passé de domaine aristocratique et de centre régional.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Russian-based Sedlets occurs in imperial-period references; it is not the current Polish spelling.",
  "rank": 125,
  "slug": "siedlce"
}