Grantown-on-Spey

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Grantown-on-Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland. Historically part of the county of Moray, it is located on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the River Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Inverness (35 miles or 56 km by road). It had a population of 2,328 in 2022. The town was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement, and was originally called simply Grantown after Sir James Grant. The addition 'on Spey' was added by the burgh council in 1898. The town has several listed 18th and 19th century buildings, including several large hotels, and serves as a regional centre for tourism and services in the Strathspey region.

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