Grantown-on-spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area, traditionally within the region of Moray. It was founded in 1765 as an intended settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie next to the river Spey at the north edge of the Cairngorm hills, concerning 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Inverness (35 miles or 56 kilometres by roadway). Initially called just Grantown after Sir James Grant, on Spey was added by the burgh council in 1898. The town is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts in the Vendée, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. Considering that 2011, Grantown-on-Spey has been residence to Shinty club Strathspey Camanachd.