Bremen (state)

Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Freie Hansestadt Bremen  (German) Free Hansestadt Bremen  (Low German)
State
Bremen City Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°20′50″N 8°35′29″E / 53.34722°N 8.59139°E / 53.34722; 8.59139
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)
Area
• City	419.38 km2 (161.92 sq mi)
Population  (2020-12)[1]
• City	680,130
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	DE-HB
Vehicle registration	HB (1906–1947; again since 1956) BM (1947) AE (1947–1956)
GRP (nominal)	€34 billion (2019)[2]
GRP per capita	€49,000 (2019)
NUTS Region	DE5
HDI (2018)	0.959[3] very high · 4th of 16
Website	bremen.de

Bremen is the smallest and least populous state in Germany. It is a city-state with an area of 404.23 km² (156.1 sq mi). Bremen has a population of around 664,000 people.

The official name is "Freie Hansestadt Bremen". This is because Bremen used to be in the Hanseatic League which was a group of cities which did a lot of trading. Many goods were sent from the port of Bremen or bought from the port from other countries. "Free" means it was independent of the local dukes and princes.

Bremen has two major cities, these cities are Bremen and Bremerhaven. The local football club is named Werder Bremen.

1. ↑ "Bevölkerung, Gebiet — Aktuelle Statistische Berichte — Bevölkerungsentwicklung im Land Bremen". Statistisches Landesamt Bremen (in German). September 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ↑ "Statisktik". Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
3. ↑ "Sub-national HDI — Area Database — Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.