Aviemore
Also known as Aviemore, Highland, Aviemore, Scotland, Aviemore, Scotland, UK, An Aghaidh Mhòr
Aviemore (; ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm Mountains.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.official_name
- Aviemore
- UK place.gaelic_name
- An Aghaidh Mhòr
- UK place.static_image
- Main street, Aviemore - geograph.org.uk - 1771572.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view of Aviemore main street, 2010
- UK place.language
- EnglishScottish Gaelic
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.map_type
- Badenoch and Strathspey
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
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- Etymology
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- Early history
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- Recent history
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Aviemore (; ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm Mountains.
== Etymology == Aviemore represents the Gaelic form . may be Pictish and involve an element equivalent to Welsh meaning "cleft".
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