I would say that it depends:
* If the name is still regularly used to name a place (for example in
newspapers, etc.), use name:*
* If the name has become out-of-use, use old_name:*
* If the name is still used by locals, use loc_name:* or reg_name:*
A somewhat similar situation than what you described can be found in
Trentino in Northern Italy which used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire until WW1. Before that, places had bilingual names in both Italian
and German – nowadays the German names have largely become out of use. But
there are some exceptions like the capital, some valleys and mountain
ranges, …. Also, some German-speaking people from towns near to the border
are still calling nearby towns of Trentino by their former names.
The question is, does a name disappear when it is no longer used?
I would say that a name almost never "disappears". Instead, only its
qualification can change: from commonly-used/official to a (local) exonym
to a historic name (… maybe even to a point where it is almost completely
forgotten).
My 2 cents from somebody who just happens to live in a region with some
quite interesting place-naming situations ;)
Martin
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