export interface Images {
    flag: string;
    coat_of_arms: string;
    has_flag: boolean;
    has_coat_of_arms: boolean;
}
/**
 * The data files store a Wikimedia Commons path, or null when no image is
 * known. Missing images become a placeholder URL so the value is always
 * usable, with `has_flag` / `has_coat_of_arms` telling the two cases apart.
 */
export declare const expandImages: (flag: string | null, coat_of_arms: string | null) => Images;
/** Loose code comparison, so both `"09"` and `9` match a code of `"09"`. */
export declare const matchesCode: (value: string, filter: string | number | undefined) => boolean;
/** Lowercases and strips diacritics, so "Málaga" and "malaga" compare equal. */
export declare const normalizeName: (value: string) => string;
/**
 * INE writes the qualifier last ("Roda, La", "Atzúbia, l'", "Madrid, Comunidad
 * de"), which is not how anyone types it, so the natural order is searchable
 * too. Bilingual names ("Elburgo/Burgelu") already match on either half.
 */
export declare const nameVariants: (name: string) => string[];
/**
 * The normalized index costs a pass over every name, so it is built on the
 * first call that actually filters by name.
 */
export declare const createNameMatcher: (names: string[]) => (index: number, filter: string | undefined) => boolean;