The town of Senden is the second-largest town of the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria and is located at the border to Baden-Württemberg.

The town belongs to the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund.

Senden's neighbours are Neu-Ulm in the north, Weißenhorn in the east, Vöhringen in the south and Illerkirchberg in the west.

The town parts are Aufheim, Ay, Freudenegg, Hittistetten, Witzighausen and Wullenstetten The Senden town council consists since the election of 2014 of: Senden lies at the Bundesstraße 28 and at the train line Ulm-Oberstdorf (Illertalbahn).

Senden is twinned with: Urban cultural events take mainly place in the 2002 opened "Bürgerhaus".