Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) eastern of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. In addition to the community of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for regional problems, including setting an annual precept (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating costs and also creating annual represent public scrutiny. The parish council reviews regional preparation applications as well as deals with the neighborhood police, district council policemans, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on matters of criminal offense, safety and security, as well as traffic. The church council's duty also includes starting jobs for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, in addition to talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair service, and renovation of highways, drainage, paths, public transportation, as well as road cleaning. Conservation matters (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) and also environmental problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is in charge of local planning and also building control, regional roads, council real estate, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and also most pricey local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing and fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also strategic planning. The village falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The total population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.