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Bremen is a City located at 53° 4' 45.47" N, 8° 48' 6.10" E. It is located in the Region Bremen State.

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Bremen, in full the City Municipality of Bremen (German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen) is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the River Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg Metropolitan Region (2.4 million people). Bremen is the second most populous city in Northern Germany and tenth in Germany. It has a population of 547,976.

Bremen is some 60 km (37 mi) south from the Weser mouth on the North Sea. With Bremerhaven right on the mouth the two comprise the state of Bremen State, sometimes called Land Bremen but in full the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official German name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen).