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{{Short description|Traditional district in Scotland}}
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[[Image:Badenoch (district).png|thumb|right|300px|Map of Scotland showing the historic district of Badenoch]]
'''Badenoch''' (from
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▲'''Badenoch''' (from the [[Scottish Gaelic|Scottish Gaelic]] ''Bàideanach'' meaning drowned land) is a traditional district which today forms part of [[Badenoch and Strathspey]], an area of [[Highland Council]], in [[Scotland]], bounded on the north by the [[Monadhliath Mountains]], on the east by the [[Cairngorm Mountains|Cairngorms]] and [[Braemar]], on the south by [[Atholl]] and the [[Grampian Mountains (Scotland)|Grampians]], and on the west by [[Lochaber]]. The capital of Badenoch is [[Kingussie]].
==Geography==
The somewhat undefined area of Badenoch covers {{convert|36|mi|km}} from northeast to southwest and {{convert|15|mi|km}} from north to south, comprising {{convert|540|sqmi|km2}}. Excepting the [[strath]] of the [[Spey River, Scotland|Spey]] and the great [[glen]]s, it consists almost entirely of wild mountainous country, many hills exceeding {{convert|3000|ft|m}} in height, and contains in the forests of Alder, [[Drumochter]], Gaick and Feshie some of the best deer country in the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]].
The principal [[lochs]] in Badenoch are [[Loch Laggan]], [[Loch Insh]] and [[Loch Ericht]], and the [[River Spey]] and its numerous tributaries water the district abundantly. The Highland railway traverses Badenoch from Dalnaspidal to [[Boat of Garten]].
In modern times Badenoch comprises the parishes of [[Alvie]], Kingussie and Insh, and [[Laggan, Badenoch|Laggan]]. The former Lordship of Badenoch also included a detached portion in the east, the parish of Kincardine, now part of [[Abernethy and Kincardine]] parish. As regards the parish of [[Duthil]] and Rothiemurchus, the barony of [[Glencarnie]] in Duthil (from Aviemore to Garten) was attached for a time. Rothiemurchus, which lies between Badenoch and its former detached portion, was never a part of Badenoch.<ref name=macbain1>Badenoch: Its History, Clans and Place Names, by Alexander MacBain, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness,1890. Page 150. Retrieved from www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/badenoch.htm Nov 2017</ref>
==Population==
The population of Badenoch at the last census (2011) was as follows:<ref name= KS101SC>[http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population (See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type Civil Parish 1930), National Records of Scotland, accessed Nov 2017]</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
!Parish!! Population
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|align="left"| Alvie
|align="right"| 564
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|align="left"| Kingussie and Insh
|align="right"| 3100
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|align="left"| Laggan
|align="right"| 266
|-
|align="left"| TOTAL
|align="right"| '''3930'''
|}
The [[Picts]] inhabited Badenoch, as shown by the placenames which include Pictish prefixes such as Pet (Pitowrie, Pictchim, Pitmean) and Aber (Aberarder), not occurring in Gaelic.<ref name=macbain2>Badenoch: Its History, Clans and Place Names, by Alexander MacBain, 1890. Page 158. Retrieved from www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/badenoch.htm Nov 2017</ref>
However their [[Pictish Language|language]] was superseded by Gaelic in 11th century and even as late as 1881 74% of Badenoch was Gaelic speaking (2,685 out of the population of 3,611).<ref>Census of Scotland 1881, Table of Gaelic Speakers by parish</ref>
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==History==
From 1229 to 1313 [[Clan Comyn]] held the lordship of Badenoch.
From 1229 to 1313 [[Clan Comyn]] held the lordship of Badenoch. In 1371 King [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]] granted it to his son [[Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan|Alexander Stewart, 1st earl of Buchan]] (1343–1405), the "Wolf of Badenoch". Reverting to the crown, the territory came in 1452 to [[Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly]], and still gives the title of "Lord of Badenoch" to the [[marquess of Huntly]].▼
The Badenoch is also the traditional homelands of the [[Clan Chattan]] Confederation particularly Clan MacPherson whose traditions state that in 1309 [[Robert the Bruce]] offered the lands of [[Badenoch]] to them if they destroyed the Bruce's enemies, the [[Clan Cumming|Clan Comyn]].<ref>Way, George of Plean; Squire, Romilly of Rubislaw (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. Glasgow: HarperCollins (for the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 256–257. ISBN 0-00-470547-5.</ref>
The traditional district was eventually combined into the [[Counties of Scotland|traditional county]] of [[Inverness-shire]] along with the traditional district of Inverness and parts of Lochaber and some island districts during reorganisation due to [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]], this Act established a uniform system of [[county council]]s and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland’s counties. (See: [[History of local government in the United Kingdom]]).▼
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▲The traditional district was eventually combined
==Economy==
The area has very few industries, and the population
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
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* {{cite journal |last1=Barrow |first1=G.W.S. |date=1988 |title=Badenoch and Strathspey, 1130-1312. 1: Secular and political |url= |journal=Northern Scotland |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages= 1–15 |doi=10.3366/nor.1988.0002 }}
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* {{cite book |last=Ross |first=Alasdair |date=2015 |title=Land Assessment and Lordship in Medieval Northern Scotland |location=Turnhout |publisher=Brepols |isbn=978-2503541334 }}
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