Ense

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Ense within Soest district

(2020–25) Rainer Busemann^[1]Area

• Total51.08 km² (19.72 sq mi)Elevation

206 m (676 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total12,326 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

59469

Dialling codes02938Vehicle registrationSOWebsitewww.gemeinde-ense.de

Ense (German pronunciation: [ˈɛnzə]) is a municipality in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Ense is situated on the river Möhne, approx. 12 km north-west of Arnsberg and 12 km south-west of Soest. Ense lies at the north side of the Sauerland and at the south side of the Haarstrang.

Neighbouring municipalities

Arnsberg
Möhnesee
Soest
Werl
Wickede

Division of the town

Ense consists of the following 15 districts:

Bilme (47 inhabitants)
Bittingen (99 inhabitants)
Bremen (Ense) (3.135 inhabitants)
Gerlingen (66 inhabitants)
Höingen (1.964 inhabitants)
Hünningen (523 inhabitants)
Lüttringen (990 inhabitants)
Niederense (3.366 inhabitants)
Oberense (276 inhabitants)
Parsit (933 inhabitants)
Ruhne (325 inhabitants)
Sieveringen (352 inhabitants)
Vierhausen
Volbringen (137 inhabitants)
Waltringen (671 inhabitants)

Twin towns

Éleu-dit-Leauwette (France) -- since 1989
Burkardroth (Germany)

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.