Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, positioned on the A357 roadway five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, as well as 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Along with the hamlet of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has duty for local concerns, consisting of setting a yearly mandate (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense and also producing annual make up public scrutiny. The parish council examines local planning applications as well as works with the local authorities, area council police officers, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal offense, safety and security, and also web traffic. The church council's function also includes starting jobs for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, along with talking to the district council on the maintenance, repair service, and also enhancement of highways, drain, footpaths, public transportation, and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as noted buildings) as well as environmental problems are also the responsibility of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is responsible for neighborhood preparation and building control, regional roadways, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most expensive regional services such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire solutions, Trading Standards, waste disposal and calculated planning. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' selecting ward. The most northerly parish is Mapperton with the most southerly 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 likewise part of the Somerton as well as Frome region constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.