Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located on the A357 roadway five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) eastern of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Along with the community of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has duty for local problems, including setting an annual principle (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense and also creating yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council examines local preparation applications and also collaborates with the neighborhood authorities, district council officers, and area watch teams on issues of criminal activity, security, and also web traffic. The church council's duty additionally includes launching projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, in addition to consulting with the area council on the maintenance, repair, as well as renovation of freeways, water drainage, paths, public transportation, and also street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and detailed buildings) as well as environmental problems are also the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is in charge of local preparation as well as building control, neighborhood roadways, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most pricey local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing and also fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal as well as tactical preparation. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. The most northerly parish is Mapperton with one of the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise included. The overall population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton and also Frome area constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the blog post system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.
