Axbridge
Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southerly edge of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a parish council) has responsibility for regional problems. The community council assesses neighborhood preparation applications as well as works with the regional police, district council officers, and also area watch teams on issues of criminal offense, security and web traffic. The community council additionally launches projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as speaks with the area council on the upkeep, repair service and enhancement of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport as well as street cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also listed buildings) and also environmental issues are additionally the responsibility of the council. Each year members of the town council choose a mayor for the community. 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 actually been part of Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was accountable for regional planning and structure control, regional roadways, council housing, ecological health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks and also tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest and also most expensive local solutions such as education and learning, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and also strategic planning. The community is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populated area however the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The complete ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells county constituency stood for in your home of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses six MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
