Bremen (state)

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Free Hanseatic Ceety o Bremen

Freie Hansestadt Bremen
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Coordinates: 53°4′33″N 8°48′27″E / 53.07583°N 8.80750°E / 53.07583; 8.80750
KintraGermany
CaipitalBremen
Govrenment
 • Senate Preses(SPD)
 • Govrening pairtiesSPD / Alliance '90/The Greens
 • Bundesrat votes3 (o 69)
Area
 • Ceety408 km2 (158 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Ceety676,463
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeDE-HB
Vehicle registrationHB (1906–1947; again since 1956)
BM (1947), AE (1947–1956)
GDP/ Nominal€27.73 billion (2010)[citation needit]
NUTS RegionDE5
Websitebremen.de

The Free Hanseatic Ceety o Bremen (German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen, pronounced [ˈbʁeːmən]) is the smawest o Germany's 16 states. A mair informal name, but uised in some offeecial contexts, is Land Bremen ('State o Bremen').

Geography[eedit | eedit soorce]

The state o Bremen consists o twa separatit enclaves: Bremen, offeecially the 'Ceety' (Stadtgemeinde Bremen) which is the state caipital, an the ceety o Bremerhaven (Stadt Bremerhaven). Baith are locatit on the River Weser; Bremerhaven is further downstream an serves as a North Sea harbour (the name means "Bremen's harbour"). Baith ceeties are completely surroondit bi the neighbourin State o Lawer Saxony (Niedersachsen). The twa ceeties are the anerlie admeenistrative subdiveesions the state haes.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung im Land Bremen 4. Quartal 2021" (PDF) (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Bremen. Juin 2022.
  2. "State population". Portal of the Federal Statistics Office Germany. Archived frae the original on 23 Juin 2017. Retrieved 25 Apryle 2007.