Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 road 5 miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Together with the community of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has duty for neighborhood issues, including establishing an annual principle (local rate) to cover the council's operating expense and creating yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council reviews regional planning applications and collaborates with the regional cops, district council policemans, and also area watch teams on matters of crime, protection, and traffic. The parish council's duty additionally consists of initiating jobs for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, in addition to talking to the district council on the maintenance, repair service, as well as renovation of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transportation, as well as street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and detailed structures) as well as ecological problems are additionally the duty of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for regional planning and also structure control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most pricey neighborhood services such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal as well as calculated preparation. The town falls 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 also included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton as well as Frome area constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the article system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
