Axbridge
Axbridge is a village in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southerly edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a parish council) has responsibility for regional concerns. The town council examines local planning applications and also works with the regional cops, district council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal offense, safety and web traffic. The community council also initiates projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as seeks advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair and also enhancement of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport and road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and provided buildings) as well as environmental problems are also the responsibility of the council. Yearly members of the community council elect a mayor for the community. The town falls within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was based on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually become part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was accountable for local planning and also structure control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most costly neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transportation, policing and also fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal as well as calculated planning. The community remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is the most heavily populated location but the ward extends southern to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells region constituency represented in your home of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects 6 MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
