Axbridge
Axbridge is a village in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a parish council) has responsibility for local problems. The town council evaluates regional preparation applications and deals with the regional cops, area council officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal offense, safety and security and also traffic. The town council also launches jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, and talks to the district council on the maintenance, repair service and also improvement of highways, drain, walkways, public transport as well as road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and noted structures) as well as environmental concerns are likewise the responsibility of the council. Each year participants of the town council elect a mayor for the town. The town drops within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had become part of Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of local planning and building control, regional roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest as well as most expensive local solutions such as education, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal as well as tactical preparation. The community remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is the most populous location but the ward extends south to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells area constituency represented in your house of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.