Ankum

Ankum
Ankum
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ankum within Osnabrück district
	Ankum Ankum
	Coordinates: 52°32′36″N 07°52′15″E / 52.54333°N 7.87083°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Osnabrück
Municipal assoc.	Bersenbrück
Government
• Mayor	Detert Brummer-Bange
Area
• Total	66.32 km2 (25.61 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,035
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49577
Dialling codes	05462
Vehicle registration	OS
Website	www.ankum.de

Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA.

The parish Ankum includes the municipalities Ankum village (=Dorf), Ahausen-Sitter, Aslage, Basum-Sussum since June 1972 municipal Eggermühlen; Besten with Krevinghausen and Striekel since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Brickwedde with Stockum and Westrup since 1972, Bokel since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Bockraden and Doethen since 1972 municipality Eggermühlen, Kettenkamp, Nortrup-Loxten, Rüssel, Talge since 1972 municipality Bersenbrück, Tütingen, Westerholte.

Today the unless otherwise stated municipalities constitute the village Ankum.