Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a parish council) has obligation for regional issues. The town council examines regional preparation applications as well as collaborates with the regional cops, area council officers, as well as area watch groups on issues of crime, safety and security and also website traffic. The community council likewise launches projects for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, as well as talks to the district council on the maintenance, fixing as well as renovation of freeways, drainage, footpaths, public transport and also road cleaning. Conservation matters (consisting of trees as well as provided structures) and ecological concerns are also the duty of the council. Each year participants of the town council choose a mayor for the town. The town drops within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was based on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had been part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of neighborhood planning and building control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and also tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and also most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and also strategic preparation. The town remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous area yet the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells county constituency represented in your home of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.