Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located on the A357 roadway five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) eastern of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Together with the community of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has duty for neighborhood concerns, consisting of setting an annual precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense and creating annual make up public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local preparation applications as well as deals with the local cops, area council officers, as well as area watch teams on matters of crime, protection, and web traffic. The church council's role additionally consists of starting jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair service, and improvement of highways, drain, paths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and noted structures) and ecological concerns are additionally the duty of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for regional planning as well as building control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most costly neighborhood solutions such as education, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and strategic preparation. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. One of the most northerly parish is Mapperton with one of the most south 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 also part of the Somerton and 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 very first past the article system of political election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.