Grantown-on-spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Location, traditionally within the region of Moray. It was founded in 1765 as an intended settlement on a reduced plateau at Freuchie next to the river Spey at the northern side of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Inverness (35 miles or 56 km by road). Originally called just Grantown after Sir James Grant, on Spey was included by the burgh council in 1898. The community is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts in the Vendée, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. Given that 2011, Grantown-on-Spey has been residence to Shinty club Strathspey Camanachd.