{
  "place_id": "ventsbork#7963_10971",
  "wikidata": "Q991829",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Więcbork",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Więcbork",
      "why": "Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vandsburg",
          "why": "German historical name used in English accounts of the locality before 1945."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wanszowna",
          "why": "Earlier documentary name quoted in English local history."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wiecbork",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Więcbork for English retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Więcbork",
      "why": "Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Vandsburg",
          "why": "French naming-data alias; independent French prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Wiecbork",
          "why": "Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Więcbork for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Więcbork is a lakeside town in northern Poland's Krajna region. It belongs to Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and serves as the seat of its surrounding municipality.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991829 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Więcbork ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Więcbork.",
  "dropped": [],
  "version": 0,
  "rank": 1574,
  "slug": "wiecbork"
}