Badenoch and Strathspey (local government district, Highland region)
| Badenoch and Strathspey | |
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| Historic county | |
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| Country | Scotland |
| County town | Aviemore |
| Ranked 5th of 34 | |
| Chapman code | BAS |
Coordinates: 57°20′53″N 3°42′07″W / 57.348°N 3.702°W
Badenoch and Strathspey is a local government ward of the Highland council area and a ward management area of the Highland Council in Scotland. It was previously one of eight districts of the two-tier Highland region, 1975 to 1996, and one of eight management areas of the Highland Council, 1996 to 2007.
The district was created under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as one of the eight districts of the Highland region. The same legislation abolished counties and burghs as local government areas, and the Badenoch and Strathspey district was formed by combining the areas of (in the county of Inverness) the burgh of Kingussie and the district of Badenoch with (in the county of Moray) the burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and the district of Cromdale. The traditional area of Strathspey was thus divided between the Highland region and the Grampian region.
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