{
  "place_id": "sverkliany#7779_11032",
  "wikidata": "Q16621782",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Świerklany",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Świerklany",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schwirklan",
          "why": "German historical name for the village; not the name of the entire surrounding municipality."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwirklan Ober",
          "why": "German historical name of the upper component village; not equivalent to the whole modern village."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwirklan Nieder",
          "why": "German historical name of the lower component village; not equivalent to the whole modern village."
        },
        {
          "name": "Swierklany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Świerklany for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Świerklany",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained for French readers because a separate established French name has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Schwirklan",
          "why": "German historical village name for French archival retrieval; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwirklan Ober",
          "why": "German name of the upper component, useful in French archival searches; not a synonym for the full modern village."
        },
        {
          "name": "Schwirklan Nieder",
          "why": "German name of the lower component, useful in French archival searches; not a synonym for the full modern village."
        },
        {
          "name": "Swierklany",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing form of Świerklany for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Świerklany is a large village near Rybnik in the Upper Silesian region of southern Poland. It combines the formerly separate villages of Świerklany Górne and Świerklany Dolne.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Retained supplied village Q16621782; the unqualified English Świerklany page redirects to municipality Q555591. The municipal office operates in the village, although the formal municipality-seat history is more complicated. https://swierklany.pl/nowa-siedziba-urzedu-gminy-swierklany-i-jednostek.html Independent French reference attestation is limited; the main is an editorial choice. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16621782 ; https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Świerklany.",
  "rank": 1163,
  "slug": "swierklany"
}