Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the district of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood concerns, including setting a yearly precept (regional price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates neighborhood preparation applications and also works with the regional authorities, area council officers, and area watch teams on matters of crime, protection, and website traffic. The church council's role likewise consists of starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair, and also improvement of highways, drainage, paths, public transport, and also road cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and also noted buildings) and ecological concerns are additionally the obligation 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 actually previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is accountable for regional planning and also structure control, local roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most expensive neighborhood services such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and strategic planning. The village falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. The most northern parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is also consisted of. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency represented in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the article system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
