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# Wieluń

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Wieluń** — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English with its native spelling.

Other forms in use:

- **Welun** — German wartime spelling.
- **Wielun** — Unaccented Polish spelling widely used in English historical writing.

## French name

**Wieluń** — Same as in English; retain the native Latin spelling in French. No separate established French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Welun** — German wartime form relevant to French Second World War sources.
- **Wielun** — Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French.

## About

Wieluń is a town in the south-west of Łódź Voivodeship. It is remembered for the German air raid at the opening of the Second World War.

## Notes

No uncertain casualty figure is given. Input label 'Велюнь' is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q101530](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101530) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/wielun/?format=json)


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