Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 roadway 5 miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) eastern of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the community of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has responsibility for local concerns, including setting an annual precept (regional price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council assesses regional planning applications and also collaborates with the regional cops, district council officers, and area watch teams on matters of criminal offense, protection, and also traffic. The parish council's role additionally includes initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to speaking with the area council on the maintenance, fixing, and also improvement of freeways, drainage, walkways, public transportation, and road cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and also noted buildings) and also environmental problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for local preparation and structure control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and also most pricey regional services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also critical preparation. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. One of the most northerly parish is Mapperton with one of the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is also consisted of. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is also part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency represented in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the message system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
