Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located 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. Along with the district of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for local problems, consisting of setting an annual precept (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council reviews neighborhood preparation applications and works with the regional police, district council police officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, safety and security, and also web traffic. The church council's function likewise consists of initiating jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to seeking advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair, and also enhancement of highways, drain, paths, public transport, and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also listed structures) as well as ecological problems are also the obligation of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for regional planning as well as building control, neighborhood roads, council housing, ecological health, markets and also fairs, reject collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most expensive neighborhood services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and strategic preparation. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northerly parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The total 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 elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the article system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.