Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 roadway five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Together with the community of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for local problems, including setting a yearly mandate (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as producing yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local preparation applications and also deals with the regional authorities, district council officers, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, safety and security, as well as web traffic. The parish council's function also consists of starting tasks for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, as well as speaking with the area council on the upkeep, fixing, and also improvement of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees as well as provided buildings) and also environmental problems are also the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for local preparation as well as building control, neighborhood roads, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most costly local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing and also fire solutions, Trading Standards, waste disposal as well as tactical planning. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. The most northern parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is also consisted of. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and also Frome area constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
