Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located on the A357 roadway 5 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 community of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has responsibility for local concerns, consisting of setting a yearly precept (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating costs and creating annual make up public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates neighborhood preparation applications as well as deals with the neighborhood police, district council police officers, and area watch groups on issues of crime, security, and also traffic. The church council's function likewise includes starting jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair work, and also enhancement of highways, drainage, paths, public transportation, and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also provided structures) and environmental problems are also the responsibility of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is accountable for neighborhood preparation and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most expensive local solutions such as education, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also strategic preparation. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. One of the most northerly parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and Frome area constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.