Axbridge
Axbridge is a village in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern side of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a church council) has obligation for local concerns. The town council assesses regional planning applications as well as deals with the regional authorities, area council police officers, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal offense, safety and also website traffic. The community council also initiates jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish centers, and also consults with the district council on the upkeep, repair service and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transportation and road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as provided buildings) and ecological issues are also the responsibility of the council. Every year participants of the town council elect a mayor for the community. The town falls within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had actually belonged to Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was accountable for neighborhood planning and also building control, local roads, council real estate, environmental health, markets and fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation services, parks and also tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and also most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social services, collections, main roads, public transportation, policing and also fire solutions, trading criteria, waste disposal and also critical preparation. The community is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is the most populous area however the ward extends southern to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells county constituency represented in the House of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects 6 MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.