{
  "place_id": "valch#7959_10914",
  "wikidata": "",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Wałcz",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Wałcz",
      "why": "Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Deutsch Krone",
          "why": "Historical German name used in English historical writing and archival searches; not the present official name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Deutsch-Krone",
          "why": "Hyphenated historical German variant."
        },
        {
          "name": "Walcz",
          "why": "ASCII version of the current Polish name."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Wałcz",
      "why": "Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Deutsch Krone",
          "why": "German historical name relevant to French writing on Prussia."
        },
        {
          "name": "Deutsch-Krone",
          "why": "Hyphenated historical German spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Walcz",
          "why": "Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Wałcz is a town among lakes in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The surrounding landscape is associated with water sports and the fortifications of the Pomeranian Wall.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "high",
  "notes": "Input label 'Валч' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling. Wikidata is missing in the input and is left empty pending entity verification.",
  "rank": 418,
  "slug": "walcz"
}