Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown-on-Spey
A winter scene in Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey is located in Highland
Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey
Location within the Highland council area
Area1.30 km2 (0.50 sq mi) [1]
Population2,510 (2022)[2]
• Density1,931/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
LanguageEnglish
OS grid referenceNJ031276
• Edinburgh96 mi (154 km)
• London426 mi (686 km)
Community council
  • Grantown-on-Spey[3]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGrantown-On-Spey
Postcode districtPH26
Dialling code01479
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Websitehttp://www.grantownonline.com
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°19′45″N 3°36′32″W / 57.329293°N 3.608772°W / 57.329293; -3.608772

Grantown-on-Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within 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).

The town was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement, and was originally called simply Grantown after Sir James Grant.[4] 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.

The town is twinned with Notre-Dame-de-Monts in the Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France.

  1. ^ "Grantown-on-Spey (Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Grantown and Vicinity Community Council, Grantown-on-Spey". Grantownonline.com. 17 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ^ Mills, A.D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199609086.