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# Żagań

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Sagan** — German historical name, well established in English accounts of the duchy and the prisoner-of-war camp.
- **Zagan** — Plain-text form without native diacritics, useful in English indexes and searches; not a separate exonym.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Sagan** — Historical name current in French accounts of the duchy and the duchess of Sagan.
- **Zagan** — Unaccented search form in French plain text; retain the native diacritics in edited French.

## About

Żagań is a town on the Bóbr river in Lubusz Voivodeship. Its ducal palace and the nearby Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war site are major historical landmarks.

## Notes

Wikidata is absent in the input. Historical Sagan is particularly well established in French aristocratic history. Input label 'Жагань' is Ukrainian or indirect; local\_name gives the native spelling. Wikidata is missing in the input and is left empty pending entity verification.

Identifiers: [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/zagan/?format=json)


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