Amizmiz

أمزميز

Urban commune in the province of Al Haouz, Marrakech-Safi.

Population, 2024
13,840
Since 2014
−3.7%from 14,364 in 2014
Density
322people per km², 42.9 km²
Households
3,664
Foreign residents
13
Rank
499499th most populous of 1,503 communes17th of 40 in its province

Next door in Imgdal, 0.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 75.3%.

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 74.2% to 55.3%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Slimane Echcharaa. Read French: 65.3% here, 60.6% there; aged 0 to 14: 24.9% here, 24.4% there; can’t read or write: 25.4% here, 26.6% there.

Compare it with Sidi Slimane Echcharaa

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

42103

Villages and hamlets

Abatane, Azib Ali ou Hamou, Azrou, Dar Ouanaïne, Douar el M’ Hamid, Regraga, Sidi Hssaine, Tahlit, Tal’ at Ihia, Tiguenziouine, Timsouriene, Wadaker

How it changed

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

Amizmiz −3.7%

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
25.4%aged 10 and over29.2% in 201435.3% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
20.7%14.4% in 201424.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
39.3%aged 15 and over45.4% in 201412.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
98.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.66children per woman2.36 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.5%of people5.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
87.6%of settled households94.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Amizmiz: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.5%75 and over3.6%
3.0%70–743.1%
4.0%65–693.7%
5.0%60–645.5%
5.3%55–595.7%
6.5%50–545.9%
6.3%45–496.7%
6.8%40–446.5%
6.0%35–396.2%
6.4%30–346.9%
6.4%25–296.5%
6.8%20–246.9%
8.3%15–198.7%
9.8%10–149.1%
8.8%5–98.5%
6.9%0–46.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit86.2%
  • Darija85.4%
  • Tamazight7.2%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.0%
  • French65.3%
  • English20.4%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh6.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot49.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle19.9%
  • Bus9.7%
  • Private car6.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.8%
  • Taxi4.6%
  • Employer’s transport2.3%
  • Animal1.0%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Another way0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,459
Standing empty
20.5%11.5% vacant9.0% a second home
Precarious
12.9%0.4% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
76.2%88.1% on the water mains88.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
17.1%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house55.9%
  • Traditional house27.3%
  • Other11.6%
  • Apartment2.7%
  • Villa1.2%
  • Rural-type0.9%
  • Slum or basic house0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years55.4%
  • 20 to 49 years38.6%
  • 50 years or more6.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
67849.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
61791.0% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
9301.5 per business
Public services
51
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce54.1%
  • Services30.5%
  • Industry14.4%
  • Construction1.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person74.2%
  • 2 to 320.7%
  • 4 to 94.5%
  • 10 to 490.5%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later37.1%
  • 2011–201927.4%
  • 2001–201013.8%
  • 1991–200010.0%
  • 1981–19906.5%
  • 1956–19804.7%
  • Before 19560.5%

Figures that stand out

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

The share of urban dwellings of another kind is 11.6%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.

How these are picked

In the data

Files and code
Code
07.041.01.03
As digits
070410103
Slug
amizmiz
OpenStreetMap
3534189
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("amizmiz");

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