Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 road 5 miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) eastern of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the hamlet of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood issues, including establishing a yearly principle (regional price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council examines regional planning applications as well as deals with the local authorities, district council officers, as well as area watch teams on matters of criminal activity, security, and also website traffic. The church council's role also includes initiating tasks for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, along with seeking advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair service, as well as improvement of freeways, drainage, footpaths, public transportation, and also street cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees as well as listed buildings) and also ecological issues are additionally 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 previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is in charge of local planning and building control, neighborhood roadways, council housing, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and most costly local solutions such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and tactical preparation. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. One of the most northern parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton as well as 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 initial past the article system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.