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Bremen

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Bremen
Bremen toun haw, St. Peter's Cathedral an parliament
Coat of airms o Bremen
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Bremen is located in Germany
Bremen
Bremen
Coordinates: 53°4′33″N 8°48′27″E / 53.07583°N 8.80750°E / 53.07583; 8.80750Coordinates: 53°4′33″N 8°48′27″E / 53.07583°N 8.80750°E / 53.07583; 8.80750
KintraGermany
StateBremen
Subdivisions5 burghs, 18 destricts, 89 subdestricts
Govrenment
 • First mayorJens Böhrnsen (SPD)
 • Governing partiesSPD / Greens
Area
 • City326.73 km2 (126.15 sq mi)
 • Metro
11627 km2 (4,489 sq mi)
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • City563,290
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,400,000
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
28001–28779
Diallin codes0421
Vehicle registrationHB (wi 1 tae 2 letters an 1 tae 3 digits)[2]
WebsiteBremen online

The Ceety Municipality o Bremen (German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, pronounced [ˈbʁeːmən]) is a Hanseatic ceety in northwastren Germany. A commercial an industrial ceety wi a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is pairt o the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan aurie (2.4 million fowk). Bremen is the seicont maist populous ceety in North Germany an tent in Germany.

Bremen is some 60 km sooth frae the Weser mooth on the North Sea. Wi Bremerhaven richt on the mooth the twa comprise the state o Bremen (offeecial name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen1 - Free Hanseatic Ceety o Bremen).

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns / Sister ceeties

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Bremen is twinned wi:

Ceety Syne Kintra
Gdańsk[3] 1976  Poland
Riga [4] 1985  Latvie
Dalian 1985  Cheenae
Rostock 1987  Germany1
Haifa 1988  Israel
Bratislava[5] 1989  Slovakie
Corinto 1989  Nicaragua
Lukavac 1994  Bosnie an Herzegovinae
İzmir 1995  Turkey
Durban[6]  Sooth Africae
Pune  Indie
Maracaibo  Venezuela
Dudley[7]  Unitit Kinrick

^1 Then the German Democratic Republic


References

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  1. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung im Land Bremen 4. Quartal 2021" (PDF) (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Bremen. Juin 2022.
  2. The caursign HB wi 1 letter an 4 digits is reservit for vehicle registration in Bremerhaven.
  3. "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish & English). Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. 2009. Archived frae the original on 23 Julie 2013. Retrieved 11 Julie 2009.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  4. "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
  5. "Bratislava City - Twin Towns". Bratislava-City.sk. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  6. "Sister Cities Home Page". Archived frae the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 Mey 2012. eThekwini Online: The Official Site of the City of Durban
  7. "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 2 Dec 1996". parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2011.