The city is divided into six administrative districts or Stadtbezirke: "Mitte" (Middle), "Nord" (North), "Ost" (East), "West", "Süd-Ost" (South-East) and "Hiltrup".
Each district is represented by a council of 19 representatives elected in local elections.
Heading each council is the district mayor, or Bezirksvorsteher.
Every district is subdivided into residential quarters (Wohnbereiche).
This official term, however, is not used in common speech, as there are no discrete definitions of the individual quarters.
The term "Stadtteil" is used instead, mainly referring to the incorporated communities.
The districts are also divided into 45 statistical districts.

The following list names each district with its residential and additional quarters.
These are the official names, which partly differ from the usage in common speech.

Mitte:
Kernbereich (Centre)
Nord:
Münster-Coerde|Coerde
Kinderhaus
Sprakel with Sandrup
Ost:
Dyckburg, consisting of Mariendorf and Sudmühle
Gelmer with Gittrup
Handorf with Kasewinkel, Kreuzbach, Laer, Dorbaum and Verth on the left bank of the Ems and Werse
Mauritz-Ost and Mondstraße, combined better known as St. Mauritz
West:
Albachten
Gievenbeck
Mecklenbeck
Nienberge with Häger, Schönebeck and Uhlenbrock
Roxel with Altenroxel and Oberort
Sentruper Höhe
Süd-Ost:
Angelmodde with Hofkamp
Gremmendorf with Loddenheide
Wolbeck
Hiltrup:
Amelsbüren with Sudhoff, Loevelingloh and Wilbrenning
Berg Fidel
Hiltrup
The centre can be subdivided into historically evolved city districts whose borders are not always strictly defined, such as
Aaseestadt
Erphoviertel
Geistviertel
Hansaviertel
Herz-Jesu-Viertel
Kreuzviertel
Kuhviertel
Mauritzviertel
Neutor
Pluggendorf
Rumphorst
Schlossviertel
Südviertel
Uppenberg
Zentrum Nord
The city is divided into six administrative districts or Stadtbezirke: "Mitte" (Middle), "Nord" (North), "Ost" (East), "West", "Süd-Ost" (South-East) and "Hiltrup". Each district is represented by a council of 19 representatives elected in local elections. Heading each council is the district mayor, or Bezirksvorsteher. Every district is subdivided into residential quarters (Wohnbereiche). This official term, however, is not used in common speech, as there are no discrete definitions of the individual quarters. The term "Stadtteil" is used instead, mainly referring to the incorporated communities. The districts are also divided into 45 statistical districts.
The following list names each district with its residential and additional quarters. These are the official names, which partly differ from the usage in common speech.
Mitte:
Kernbereich (Centre)
Nord:
Münster-Coerde|Coerde
Kinderhaus
Sprakel with Sandrup
Ost:
Dyckburg, consisting of Mariendorf and Sudmühle
Gelmer with Gittrup
Handorf with Kasewinkel, Kreuzbach, Laer, Dorbaum and Verth on the left bank of the Ems and Werse
Mauritz-Ost and Mondstraße, combined better known as St. Mauritz
West:
Albachten
Gievenbeck
Mecklenbeck
Nienberge with Häger, Schönebeck and Uhlenbrock
Roxel with Altenroxel and Oberort
Sentruper Höhe
Süd-Ost:
Angelmodde with Hofkamp
Gremmendorf with Loddenheide
Wolbeck
Hiltrup:
Amelsbüren with Sudhoff, Loevelingloh and Wilbrenning
Berg Fidel
Hiltrup
The centre can be subdivided into historically evolved city districts whose borders are not always strictly defined, such as
Aaseestadt
Erphoviertel
Geistviertel
Hansaviertel
Herz-Jesu-Viertel
Kreuzviertel
Kuhviertel
Mauritzviertel
Neutor
Pluggendorf
Rumphorst
Schlossviertel
Südviertel
Uppenberg
Zentrum Nord
Münster