Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 roadway five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) eastern of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the community of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has obligation for local problems, including setting a yearly precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs and also generating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local preparation applications and also works with the neighborhood cops, district council police officers, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, safety, and website traffic. The church council's duty also consists of initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the area council on the upkeep, fixing, and also enhancement of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, as well as street cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and detailed buildings) as well as environmental problems are also the duty of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is in charge of local preparation and structure control, regional roadways, council housing, ecological health, markets and also fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal as well as critical planning. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. The most northward 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 and also Frome area 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 message system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.