Grantown-on-spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the area of Moray. It was founded in 1765 as an intended settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie close to the river Spey at the north side of the Cairngorm mountains, about 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 included by the burgh council in 1898. The town is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts in the Vendée, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. Given that 2011, Grantown-on-Spey has actually been residence to Shinty club Strathspey Camanachd.