Bremen (state)

Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Freie Hansestadt Bremen (German)
Free Hansestadt Bremen (Low German)
Bremen City Hall
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Coordinates: 53°20′50″N 8°35′29″E / 53.34722°N 8.59139°E / 53.34722; 8.59139
CountryGermany
CapitalBremen
Government
 • BodyBürgerschaft of Bremen
 • Senate President and MayorAndreas Bovenschulte (SPD)
 • Governing partiesSPD / Alliance 90/The Greens / The Left
 • Bundesrat votes3 (of 69)
 • Bundestag seats5 (of 736)
Area
 • City
419.38 km2 (161.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12)[1]
 • City
680,130
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
GDP
 • Total€38.698 billion (2022)
 • Per capita€56,901 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeDE-HB
Vehicle registration
  • HB (1906–1947; again since 1956)
  • BM (1947)
  • AE (1947–1956)
NUTS RegionDE5
HDI (2021)0.954[3]
very high · 4th of 16
Websitebremen.de

Bremen (German: [ˈbʁeːmən] ), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen; Low German: Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called Land Bremen ('State of Bremen'), although the term is sometimes used in official contexts. The state consists of the city of Bremen and its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven, surrounded by the larger state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany.

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung, Gebiet – Aktuelle Statistische Berichte – Bevölkerungsentwicklung im Land Bremen". Statistisches Landesamt Bremen (in German). September 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bruttowertschöpfung | Statistikportal.de". Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder | Gemeinsames Statistikportal (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.