Adrej

أدرج

Rural commune in the cercle of El Menzel, province of Sefrou, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
1,216
Since 2014
−28.9%from 1,709 in 2014
Density
6.2people per km², 194.8 km²
Households
374
Rank
1,4691,469th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 23 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Adrej.

Adrej −28.9%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
38.1%aged 10 and over48.6% in 201456.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
43.8%17.4% in 201436.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.9%aged 15 and over38.2% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
89.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.71children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
10.5%of people11.9% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.2people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
86.9%of settled households61.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Adrej: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.0%75 and over10.0%
5.1%70–744.3%
5.5%65–696.5%
7.2%60–646.0%
9.1%55–597.0%
9.4%50–548.9%
5.7%45–497.3%
4.8%40–447.4%
4.8%35–394.8%
5.5%30–344.0%
2.9%25–294.0%
5.1%20–246.3%
6.9%15–197.3%
10.5%10–145.9%
6.9%5–96.0%
5.7%0–44.4%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija93.2%
  • Tamazight54.7%
  • Tachelhit36.4%
  • Tarifit0.5%
  • Hassania0.0%

The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 4.4% in 2014, 36.4% in 2024; Tamazight 89.4% in 2014, 54.7% in 2024. How these are spotted

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.1%
  • French64.0%
  • English21.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.8%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot76.2%
  • Employer’s transport8.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work7.9%
  • Private car4.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.0%
  • Bus0.0%
  • Taxi0.0%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Informal transport0.0%
  • Animal0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
6755.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3044.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
361.2 per business
Public services
36
Associations
1in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Industry40.0%
  • Commerce36.7%
  • Services23.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person86.7%
  • 2 to 310.0%
  • 4 to 93.3%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later16.7%
  • 2011–201930.0%
  • 2001–201026.7%
  • 1991–200020.0%
  • 1981–19906.7%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Adrej’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 5 douars in 1 fraction, with 1,214 people. 2 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
ايت سليلوAit Slilou5 douars · 1,214 people
امشقرةMechkraIn parts882960.30.83.8
بني امساهلBeni MsahelIn parts1836———
مديونةMediounaIn parts952810.61.24.0
تاوريرتTaourirtIn parts833370.31.61.4
ايت حمو اموسىAit Hammou AmoussaIn parts902640.10.81.2

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.451.03.01
As digits
034510301
Slug
adrej
OpenStreetMap
2816263
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("adrej");

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