Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 road five miles south 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 develops the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has obligation for neighborhood problems, including establishing an annual principle (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as generating yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council examines neighborhood preparation applications as well as deals with the neighborhood cops, district council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, protection, as well as web traffic. The parish council's function also includes launching jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as speaking with the area council on the upkeep, repair work, and renovation of highways, drainage, walkways, public transportation, as well as road cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and listed structures) and also environmental concerns are also the obligation of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for regional planning and structure control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest and most costly neighborhood services such as education, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and tactical planning. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally included. The overall population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton as well as Frome county constituency represented in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the blog post system of political election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.