Bremen (state)
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.
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
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State | |
| Coordinates: 53°20′50″N 8°35′29″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Bremen |
| Government | |
| • Body | Bürgerschaft of Bremen |
| • Senate President and Mayor | Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | SPD / Alliance 90/The Greens / The Left |
| • Bundesrat votes | 3 (of 69) |
| • Bundestag seats | 5 (of 736) |
| Area | |
| • City | 419.38 km2 (161.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-12) | |
| • City | 680,130 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €38.698 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €56,901 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | DE-HB |
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| NUTS Region | DE5 |
| HDI (2018) | 0.959 very high · 4th of 16 |
| Website | bremen.de |
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