Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Together with the district of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has duty for local concerns, including establishing an annual principle (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual represent public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local preparation applications as well as deals with the regional cops, area council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal activity, safety and security, and also website traffic. The church council's duty also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the area council on the upkeep, repair work, and renovation of freeways, drain, walkways, public transportation, and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) and environmental concerns are also the responsibility of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly been part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is accountable for regional planning as well as building control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most expensive regional services such as education, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal as well as critical preparation. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northern parish is Mapperton with the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally included. The total 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 home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the post system of political election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
