South Somerset


South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England.
The South Somerset district covers an area of ranging from the borders with Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. It has a population of approximately 158,000. The administrative centre of the district is Yeovil.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, and was originally known as Yeovil, adopting its present name in 1985. It was formed by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Chard, Yeovil, along with Crewkerne and Ilminster urban districts and the Chard Rural District, Langport Rural District, Wincanton Rural District and Yeovil Rural District.
The district covers the whole of the Yeovil constituency, and part of Somerton and Frome. The district is governed by the South Somerset District Council.
It is currently Liberal Democrat controlled, and has Beacon Council status.

Towns

Its main towns include:
The electoral wards include: Camelot and Wessex.

Parishes

ImageNameStatusPopulationFormer local authorityCoordinatesRefs
Abbas and TemplecombeCivil parish1,560Wincanton Rural District
AlfordCivil parish63Wincanton Rural District
AllerCivil parish410Langport Rural District
AnsfordCivil parish1,085Wincanton Rural District
AshCivil parish626Yeovil Rural District
AshillCivil parish529Chard Rural District
BabcaryCivil parish248Langport Rural District
BarringtonCivil parish438Langport Rural District
Barton St DavidCivil parish561Langport Rural District
BarwickCivil parish1,221Yeovil Rural District
BeercrocombeCivil parish134Langport Rural District
Compton PauncefootCivil parish130Wincanton Rural District
Bratton SeymourCivil parish104Wincanton Rural District
BrewhamCivil parish441Wincanton Rural District
BroadwayCivil parish740Chard Rural District
BrutonTown2,907Wincanton Rural District
BrymptonCivil parish7,308Yeovil Rural District
Buckland St MaryCivil parish521Chard Rural District
Castle CaryTown2,276Wincanton Rural District
ChaffcombeCivil parish229Chard Rural District
Chard TownTown13,074Chard Municipal Borough
Charlton HorethorneCivil parish591Wincanton Rural District
Charlton MackrellCivil parish1,073Langport Rural District
Charlton MusgroveCivil parish398Wincanton Rural District
ChillingtonCivil parish164Chard Rural District
Chilthorne DomerCivil parish574Yeovil Rural District
Chilton CanteloCivil parish445Yeovil Rural District
ChiselboroughCivil parish275Yeovil Rural District
ClosworthCivil parish220Yeovil Rural District
Combe St NicholasCivil parish1,373Chard Rural District
Compton DundonCivil parish705Langport Rural District
Corton DenhamCivil parish189Wincanton Rural District
CrewkerneTown7,000Crewkerne Urban District
Cricket St ThomasCivil parish50Chard Rural District
CucklingtonCivil parish173Wincanton Rural District
CudworthCivil parish69Chard Rural District
Curry MalletCivil parish306Langport Rural District
Curry RivelCivil parish2,148Langport Rural District
DinningtonCivil parish65Chard Rural District
DonyattCivil parish347Chard Rural District
Dowlish WakeCivil parish277Chard Rural District
DraytonCivil parish379Langport Rural District
East ChinnockCivil parish479Yeovil Rural District
East CokerCivil parish1,667Yeovil Rural District
FiveheadCivil parish609Langport Rural District
Hambridge and WestportCivil parish514Langport Rural District
Hardington MandevilleCivil parish585Yeovil Rural District
Haselbury PlucknettCivil parish744Yeovil Rural District
HenstridgeCivil parish1,814Wincanton Rural District
High HamCivil parish909Langport Rural District
Hinton St GeorgeCivil parish442Chard Rural District
HoltonCivil parish238Wincanton Rural District
HorsingtonCivil parish571Wincanton Rural District
HortonCivil parish812Chard Rural District
Huish EpiscopiCivil parish2,095Langport Rural District
IlchesterCivil parish2,153Yeovil Rural District
IlminsterTown5,808Chard Rural District
Ilminster Urban District
IltonCivil parish854Chard Rural District
Isle AbbotsCivil parish205Langport Rural District
Isle BrewersCivil parish150Langport Rural District
Keinton MandevilleCivil parish1,068Langport Rural District
Kingsbury EpiscopiCivil parish1,307Langport Rural District
KingsdonCivil parish303Langport Rural District
KingstoneCivil parish83Chard Rural District
KingwestonCivil parish128Langport Rural District
Knowle St GilesCivil parish244Chard Rural District
LangportTown1,081Langport Rural District
LimingtonCivil parish199Yeovil Rural District
Long LoadCivil parish332Yeovil Rural District
Long SuttonCivil parish833Langport Rural District
LopenCivil parish260Chard Rural District
LovingtonCivil parish141Wincanton Rural District
MapertonCivil parish140Wincanton Rural District
Marston MagnaCivil parish523Yeovil Rural District
MartockCivil parish4,766Yeovil Rural District
MerriottCivil parish1,979Chard Rural District
Milborne PortCivil parish2,802Wincanton Rural District
MistertonCivil parish826Chard Rural District
MontacuteCivil parish831Yeovil Rural District
MuchelneyCivil parish195Langport Rural District
MudfordCivil parish696Yeovil Rural District
North BarrowCivil parish233Wincanton Rural District
North CadburyCivil parish950Wincanton Rural District
North CheritonCivil parish208Wincanton Rural District
North PerrottCivil parish246Yeovil Rural District
Norton sub HamdonCivil parish743Yeovil Rural District
OdcombeCivil parish759Yeovil Rural District
PenselwoodCivil parish273Wincanton Rural District
PitcombeCivil parish532Wincanton Rural District
PitneyCivil parish374Langport Rural District
PuckingtonCivil parish117Langport Rural District
Queen CamelCivil parish908Wincanton Rural District
RimptonCivil parish235Yeovil Rural District
Seavington St MaryCivil parish384Chard Rural District
Seavington St MichaelCivil parish127Chard Rural District
Shepton BeauchampCivil parish728Chard Rural District
Shepton MontagueCivil parish208Wincanton Rural District
SomertonTown4,697Langport Rural District
South BarrowCivil parish162Wincanton Rural District
South CadburyCivil parish284Wincanton Rural District
South PethertonCivil parish3,367Yeovil Rural District
SparkfordCivil parish617Wincanton Rural District
StocklinchCivil parish154Chard Rural District
Stoke sub HamdonCivil parish1,068Yeovil Rural District
Stoke TristerCivil parish313Wincanton Rural District
Tatworth and FortonCivil parish2,660Chard Rural District
TintinhullCivil parish902Yeovil Rural District
WambrookCivil parish184Chard Rural District
WayfordCivil parish114Chard Rural District
West CamelCivil parish459Yeovil Rural District
West and Middle ChinnockCivil parish592Yeovil Rural District
West CokerCivil parish2,018Yeovil Rural District
West CrewkerneCivil parish631Chard Rural District
WhitelackingtonCivil parish209Chard Rural District
WhitestauntonCivil parish256Chard Rural District
WincantonTown5,272Wincanton Rural District
WinshamCivil parish748Chard Rural District
YarlingtonCivil parish123Wincanton Rural District
YeovilTown30,378Yeovil Municipal Borough
Yeovil WithoutCivil parish6,834Yeovil Rural District
YeoviltonCivil parish1,226Yeovil Rural District

Major roads

County schools in the five non-metropolitan districts of the county are operated by Somerset County Council.
For a full list of schools see: List of schools in Somerset