{
  "place_id": "zgezh#7880_11078",
  "wikidata": "Q104407",
  "country": "PL",
  "local_name": "Zgierz",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Zgierz",
      "why": "Current local name, already written in the Latin alphabet; used directly in English without translation.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zgerzh",
          "why": "Yiddish name in Latin transcription, used in Jewish history and genealogy; transcription varies between authors."
        },
        {
          "name": "Görnau",
          "why": "German occupation name used in 1943–1945; historical retrieval only."
        },
        {
          "name": "Goernau",
          "why": "German ue/oe-style plain-text rendering of Görnau using oe for ö."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gornau",
          "why": "Diacritic-free spelling of the occupation name Görnau; also names other places."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Zgierz",
      "why": "Nom local actuel, déjà écrit en alphabet latin et repris tel quel en français.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Zgerzh",
          "why": "Nom yiddish transcrit en caractères latins, employé en histoire juive et en généalogie ; la transcription varie selon les auteurs."
        },
        {
          "name": "Görnau",
          "why": "Nom imposé pendant l’occupation allemande de 1943 à 1945 ; recherche historique seulement."
        },
        {
          "name": "Goernau",
          "why": "Graphie en texte simple du nom allemand Görnau, avec oe pour ö."
        },
        {
          "name": "Gornau",
          "why": "Graphie sans diacritique du nom d’occupation Görnau ; elle désigne aussi d’autres lieux."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Zgierz is a city immediately north of Łódź in central Poland. Its textile industry and surviving weavers’ houses recall its place in the region’s industrial development.",
  "about_fr": "Zgierz est une ville du centre de la Pologne, immédiatement au nord de Łódź. Son industrie textile et ses maisons de tisserands rappellent sa place dans le développement industriel régional.",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Görnau was imposed in 1943–1945. The modern name Zgierz is used in both languages.",
  "rank": 192,
  "slug": "zgierz"
}