Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road 5 miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. In addition to the hamlet of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood problems, consisting of setting a yearly mandate (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as generating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council assesses regional planning applications and collaborates with the local authorities, area council police officers, and also neighbourhood watch teams on matters of crime, safety and security, and also website traffic. The church council's duty also includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, in addition to talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair service, as well as enhancement of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, and also street cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees and noted structures) as well as ecological concerns are also the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for neighborhood preparation as well as building control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most pricey regional services such as education, social services, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and calculated planning. The town drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise consisted of. The overall population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the article system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.