Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located on the A357 road 5 miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) eastern of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Together with the hamlet of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and also Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has responsibility for neighborhood concerns, consisting of establishing an annual precept (local price) to cover the council's operating expense and generating yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council assesses neighborhood planning applications and also works with the local cops, district council policemans, and area watch groups on issues of crime, safety, as well as traffic. The church council's function also consists of starting projects for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, in addition to talking to the area council on the upkeep, fixing, and also renovation of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, and road cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees and noted buildings) and also ecological problems are additionally the duty of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for regional planning as well as building control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most costly regional solutions such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and critical planning. The town falls 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 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 area constituency represented in your home 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 election, and also 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.