Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 roadway 5 miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Together with the hamlet of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as creating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council examines neighborhood preparation applications and collaborates with the regional police, district council police officers, and also area watch teams on matters of crime, protection, and traffic. The church council's role likewise consists of launching projects for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, as well as seeking advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair, as well as improvement of freeways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) and environmental problems are likewise the obligation of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district 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 area council is accountable for local planning and also structure control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most expensive regional solutions such as education and learning, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also calculated planning. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. The most northern parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is also included. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome county constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the article system of election, and also 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.