Axbridge
Axbridge is a village in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge 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 duty for local issues. The town council evaluates regional preparation applications as well as deals with the regional authorities, area council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal offense, security and also web traffic. The town council also launches projects for the repair and maintenance of church centers, as well as consults with the district council on the maintenance, repair work and improvement of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport as well as road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as detailed structures) as well as ecological problems are additionally the obligation of the council. Every year participants of the community 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 City Government Act 1972. It had belonged to Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of local planning and building control, regional roads, council housing, ecological wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure services, parks as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and also most costly regional services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, trading standards, waste disposal as well as tactical planning. The community remains in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is the most populated location yet the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells region constituency stood for in your house of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses 6 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
