Back Grantown-on-Spey CEB Grantown-on-Spey Welsh Grantown-on-Spey German Grantown-on-Spey Spanish Grantown-on-Spey Basque Grantown-on-Spey French Baile nan Granndach Irish Baile nan Granndach Scots/Gaelic Grantown-on-Spey Italian Grantown-on-Spey NN
Grantown-on-Spey
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 A winter scene in Grantown-on-Spey | |
  Grantown-on-Spey Location within the Highland council area | |
| Area | 1.30 km2 (0.50 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 2,510 (2022)[2] |
| • Density | 1,931/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| Language | English |
| OS grid reference | NJ031276 |
| • Edinburgh | 96 mi (154 km) |
| • London | 426 mi (686 km) |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Grantown-On-Spey |
| Postcode district | PH26 |
| Dialling code | 01479 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| Website | http://www.grantownonline.com |
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.
- ^ "Grantown-on-Spey (Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199609086.