Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road 5 miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) eastern of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the district of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has duty for regional concerns, consisting of setting a yearly precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as creating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local planning applications and deals with the local authorities, district council police officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, protection, and website traffic. The church council's function likewise consists of initiating tasks for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, along with talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair service, and also renovation of freeways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and also road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also noted buildings) and ecological issues are likewise the obligation of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is in charge of regional preparation and also structure control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal and also strategic preparation. The village falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and also Frome county constituency stood for in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.