Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road 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 district of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has obligation for neighborhood issues, including setting a yearly principle (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual make up public scrutiny. The parish council examines neighborhood preparation applications as well as works with the local police, area council policemans, and area watch groups on issues of criminal activity, protection, as well as website traffic. The church council's role also includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, along with speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair, and enhancement of freeways, drain, walkways, public transportation, and also road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and provided structures) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan district 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 district council is in charge of neighborhood planning and building control, regional roads, council real estate, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and most expensive local solutions such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and also fire solutions, Trading Standards, waste disposal and also calculated planning. The town drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. The most northward parish is Mapperton with one of the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally consisted of. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton as well as Frome region constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the blog post system of election, and 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.