Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, located on the A357 road 5 miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. In addition to the hamlet of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has obligation for neighborhood issues, consisting of establishing a yearly precept (local price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as generating annual represent public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local preparation applications and also deals with the regional authorities, area council police officers, and area watch teams on issues of crime, safety and security, and also web traffic. The parish council's duty likewise includes initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, along with talking to the area council on the maintenance, repair service, and also enhancement of freeways, drain, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) and also ecological concerns are additionally the duty of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is in charge of regional preparation as well as building control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets and fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most pricey local solutions such as education, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal and also tactical preparation. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome area constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.