Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southerly side of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a parish council) has duty for local concerns. The community council reviews neighborhood preparation applications and works with the regional cops, district council police officers, as well as area watch groups on issues of crime, protection as well as traffic. The town council additionally launches projects for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, and talks to the area council on the upkeep, repair as well as enhancement of highways, water drainage, walkways, public transportation as well as road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees and provided structures) and also environmental concerns are also the responsibility of the council. Yearly participants of the town council elect a mayor for the town. The community falls within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was based 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 neighborhood preparation and structure control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest as well as most pricey neighborhood services such as education, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal and also calculated planning. The town is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous area but the ward extends southern to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells area constituency represented in your home of Commons. It elects 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 chooses 6 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
