Axbridge
Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southerly side of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a parish council) has duty for regional problems. The town council examines regional planning applications and works with the regional police, area council policemans, and area watch teams on issues of criminal offense, security and also website traffic. The community council likewise initiates projects for the maintenance and repair of parish centers, as well as talks to the district council on the maintenance, repair service and improvement of freeways, drainage, paths, public transportation and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also detailed buildings) as well as environmental problems are also the obligation of the council. Yearly members of the town council elect a mayor for the town. The town falls within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually become part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for neighborhood preparation as well as structure control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, reject collection and recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks and tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and also most expensive local services such as education, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, trading standards, waste disposal as well as tactical planning. The town remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is the most heavily populated area yet 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 home of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects six MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
