Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, located on the A357 road five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Together with the hamlet of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood problems, consisting of establishing a yearly precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs and also generating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local preparation applications as well as deals with the neighborhood authorities, district council policemans, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on matters of criminal activity, protection, as well as web traffic. The church council's role additionally consists of initiating tasks for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, along with talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair work, as well as renovation of freeways, drainage, paths, public transportation, and road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and detailed buildings) as well as environmental issues 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 City Government Act 1972, having actually formerly belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for neighborhood planning and structure control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most costly regional services such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal and also strategic preparation. The town falls 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 additionally consisted of. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton and Frome area constituency stood for in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.