Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southern side of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a church council) has duty for local concerns. The town council examines regional preparation applications and collaborates with the neighborhood cops, area council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of crime, safety and web traffic. The community council likewise launches projects for the maintenance and repair of church centers, and also talks to the district council on the upkeep, repair work and also renovation of highways, drain, walkways, public transportation and road cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and also detailed buildings) and ecological problems are also the duty of the council. Yearly members of the community council elect a mayor for the town. The town falls within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had belonged to Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of regional preparation and structure control, neighborhood roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation services, parks and tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest as well as most expensive regional services such as education, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and also critical planning. The town is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most heavily populated location yet the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is likewise part of the Wells area constituency stood for in your home of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.