Aknoul

أكنول

Urban commune in the province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
4,410
Since 2014
+0.2%from 4,403 in 2014
Density
728people per km², 6.1 km²
Households
1,208
Rank
1,2591,259th most populous of 1,503 communes33rd of 38 in its province

Next door in Gzenaya Al Janoubia, 0.8% of households have running water. Here, it’s 93.4%.

Since 2014, households in a basic house or slum went from 22.3% to 10.4%. Across Morocco, the fall was one point.

Compare it with other communes

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

35050

How it changed

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

Aknoul +0.2%

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
27.9%aged 10 and over31.6% in 201438.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
33.5%25.9% in 201438.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
37.6%aged 15 and over43.2% in 201413.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.58children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
6.6%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.6people on average4.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
93.4%of settled households86.4% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Aknoul: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over4.2%
1.8%70–742.3%
3.2%65–694.0%
4.9%60–645.1%
5.7%55–595.5%
7.0%50–545.4%
6.2%45–497.5%
6.6%40–447.8%
5.4%35–397.6%
6.1%30–345.9%
5.8%25–296.7%
7.3%20–246.7%
9.0%15–197.6%
10.9%10–149.0%
9.5%5–98.2%
7.3%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.8%
  • Tarifit76.8%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tamazight0.8%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.7%
  • French78.2%
  • English28.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot65.0%
  • Private car13.6%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.5%
  • Informal transport5.1%
  • Employer’s transport3.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle2.6%
  • Taxi2.4%
  • Another way1.3%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Train0.2%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Animal0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,712
Standing empty
30.4%8.6% vacant21.7% a second home
Precarious
9.9%7.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
86.9%93.9% on the water mains97.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
15.7%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house84.5%
  • Slum or basic house7.4%
  • Apartment4.0%
  • Other1.3%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Rural-type1.2%
  • Villa0.5%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years26.6%
  • 20 to 49 years65.6%
  • 50 years or more7.8%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
26159.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
22686.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3371.5 per business
Public services
27
Associations
8in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce52.2%
  • Services34.1%
  • Construction7.1%
  • Industry6.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.2%
  • 2 to 318.6%
  • 4 to 96.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later28.3%
  • 2011–201935.0%
  • 2001–201016.8%
  • 1991–200011.1%
  • 1981–19903.5%
  • 1956–19804.9%
  • Before 19560.4%

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.561.01.01
As digits
035610101
Slug
aknoul
OpenStreetMap
2754008
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("aknoul");

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