Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, located on the A357 roadway 5 miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Along with the district of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood issues, consisting of setting a yearly mandate (regional price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and also collaborates with the regional cops, area council policemans, and area watch groups on issues of criminal offense, safety and security, and also website traffic. The church council's function likewise includes initiating tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as talking to the area council on the upkeep, repair service, as well as renovation of freeways, drain, paths, public transport, and also road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees as well as detailed buildings) as well as ecological issues are additionally the obligation of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for regional planning and building control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most pricey neighborhood services such as education and learning, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also critical planning. The village drops 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 overall population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton and Frome area constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the article system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.