Badenoch and Strathspey
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Badenoch and Strathspey was created in 1975 as a one of the eight districts of the Highland local government region of Scotland. As such it consisted of the traditional area of Badenoch and part of the traditional area of Strathspey, plus Grantown-on-Spey (which has history as a Scots-speaking enclave in an otherwise Gaelic-speaking area). The district council was wound up when the Highland region became a unitary council area in 1996.
The area is still in use as one of the eight administrative areas of the Highland Council, which maintains area committees named for each of the former districts.
The committee area consists of five out of the 80 Highland Council wards. Each ward elects one councilor by the first past the post system of election.
The area is represented by four independent councillors and one Liberal Democrat councillor.
See also
- Politics of the Highland council area
- Regions of Scotland (1975-1996)
- Subdivisions of Scotland
- Aviemore
- Kingussie
- Newtonmore
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