Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 roadway five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Together with the district of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has obligation for regional concerns, including establishing a yearly principle (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council examines local preparation applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and also area watch groups on issues of crime, security, as well as web traffic. The parish council's duty additionally consists of initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, as well as consulting with the area council on the upkeep, repair service, and improvement of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transportation, as well as street cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as provided structures) as well as environmental problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is in charge of neighborhood planning and building control, regional roads, council housing, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most expensive regional services such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also critical preparation. The village falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northern parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency represented in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
