Grantown-on-spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a community in the Highland Council Location, historically within the region of Moray. It was founded in 1765 as a prepared settlement on a reduced plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the north side of the Cairngorm mountains, concerning 20 miles (32 kilometres) south-east of Inverness (35 miles or 56 km by roadway). Initially called simply 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. Since 2011, Grantown-on-Spey has actually been house to Shinty club Strathspey Camanachd.