Aspisheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach.

The municipality is administered by the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale Or a yarn swift sable palewise and sable a lion rampant Or armed argent and langued gules.

On the next-to-last weekend in August the municipality's residents stage the Rothesfest, a wine and street festival.

The A 61 motorway runs roughly 4 km away from the municipality.