It lies on the river Zusam and is a part of the Augsburg Western Woods Nature Park. Its districts are Friedensdorf, Gabelbach, Gabelbachergreut, Steinekirch, Streitheim, Vallried, Wollbach, Wörleschwang and Zusmarshausen itself.
Local council (Marktgemeinderat)
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The local council has 20 members (Elections in March 2014):
CSU: 8 seats
Wählergruppe Freie Wählervereinigung: 7 seats
SPD/Aktives Bürgerforum: 5 seats
Bernhard Uhl has served as the mayor of Zusmarshausen since 2014 and was reelected on 15 March 2020 with 63.6% of votes cast. Uhl's predecessor as mayor of Zusmarshausen was Albert Lettinger (FWV) (1996–2014).
