Ain Leuh

عين اللوح

Rural commune in the cercle of Azrou, province of Ifrane, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
8,989
Since 2014
−7.0%from 9,669 in 2014
Density
24.5people per km², 366.3 km²
Households
2,731
Foreign residents
3
Rank
812812th most populous of 1,503 communes9th of 10 in its province

Since 2014, households with electricity went from 79.1% to 94.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 6 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Moulay Bouazza. Household size: 3.3 here, 3.4 there; aged 65 and over: 12.0% here, 12.2% there; can’t read or write: 38.1% here, 41.7% there.

Compare it with Moulay Bouazza

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

53052

How it changed

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

Ain Leuh −7.0%

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 over44.7% in 201448.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
25.3%20.4% in 201444.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
35.4%aged 15 and over45.0% in 201411.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.56children per woman1.96 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.5%of people7.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.3people on average3.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
52.4%of settled households48.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ain Leuh: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.0%75 and over5.6%
3.4%70–743.4%
3.7%65–693.8%
5.6%60–645.8%
6.2%55–595.8%
7.0%50–546.9%
7.3%45–498.1%
6.2%40–447.8%
5.6%35–396.5%
5.9%30–346.2%
5.1%25–294.9%
6.9%20–246.3%
9.3%15–198.0%
9.6%10–148.4%
8.1%5–96.5%
6.0%0–46.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija91.2%
  • Tamazight68.1%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tarifit0.3%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French73.5%
  • English24.1%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot73.7%
  • Doesn’t travel to work9.8%
  • Private car4.8%
  • Employer’s transport3.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.8%
  • Taxi2.0%
  • Animal1.1%
  • Informal transport1.0%
  • Bus0.8%
  • Train0.1%
  • Another way0.1%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ain Leuh’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
1,794
Standing empty
17.6%7.9% vacant9.8% a second home
Precarious
12.1%5.7% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
88.7%92.1% on the water mains97.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
15.8%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house81.2%
  • Slum or basic house5.7%
  • Rural-type5.5%
  • Traditional house3.6%
  • Apartment2.3%
  • Other0.9%
  • Villa0.8%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years23.1%
  • 20 to 49 years51.2%
  • 50 years or more25.7%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
28031.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
19971.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2751.4 per business
Public services
70
Associations
11in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce56.3%
  • Services31.2%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction4.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person77.9%
  • 2 to 319.1%
  • 4 to 92.5%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later30.7%
  • 2011–201917.1%
  • 2001–20109.5%
  • 1991–200016.1%
  • 1981–19908.0%
  • 1956–19807.0%
  • Before 195611.6%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of businesses founded before 1956 is 11.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

Across the 2 communes it borders, the median is 0.4%. Oued Ifrane is furthest from it, at 0.0%.

How these are picked

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ain Leuh4,774

Douars

Ain Leuh’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 10 douars in 4 fractions, with 4,215 people. Another 4,774 live in Ain Leuh, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
إحضرانIhdrane4 douars · 1,062 people
أيت يشو او عليAit Ichou OualiIn parts1515661.34.27.7
ايت بغاAit BghaDispersed752781.23.79.3
أيت عليAit AliDispersed642082.04.110.3
بويغيال (الصكيعا)Bouyghyal (Esskiaa)Dispersed210———
آيت عزوزAit Azzouz2 douars · 719 people
أيت داودAït DawdDispersed1323781.13.56.9
ايت بن اعمرAït Ben AmerDispersed1073410.82.85.1
أيت موسىAït Moussa1 douar · 977 people
أيت موسىAït MoussaIn parts2959771.35.011.9
إعسامنIsamen3 douars · 1,457 people
توفصطلتToufstltGrouped2498020.61.34.7
تاكونيت أيت شعو أويوسفTagounite Ait Chaaou AouyousefGrouped1646391.53.27.7
أيت بوخشانAït Bou KhachaneGrouped616———

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
03.271.03.01
As digits
032710301
Slug
ain-leuh
OpenStreetMap
2819478
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ain-leuh");

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