{
  "place_id": "irmino#7699_12143",
  "wikidata": "Q2414508",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Ірміно",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Irmino",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Teplohirsk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian Soviet name, replaced by the restored Irmino in 2010."
        },
        {
          "name": "Teplogorsk",
          "why": "Russian form of the former name, replaced in 2010."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ìrmìno",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; a standard-derived search form, not evidence of an established English exonym. Textual occurrence has not been independently verified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Ірміно",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling, useful when matching quoted local maps, addresses and source titles in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Irmino",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained in French reference usage.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Teplohirsk",
          "why": "Former Ukrainian name, replaced by Irmino in 2010; retained in French historical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Teplogorsk",
          "why": "Russian-based form of the former name, replaced in 2010."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Irmino is a small city in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its coal mines are associated with the Soviet Stakhanovite labour movement.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Irmino restored by parliament on 8 July 2010, replacing Teplohirsk. https://www.rada.gov.ua/news/Povidomlennya/33047.html System-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmino ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmino.",
  "rank": 1060,
  "slug": "irmino"
}