Belyounech

بليونش

Urban commune in the préfecture of M'diq-Fnideq, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024
5,208
Since 2014
−1.7%from 5,296 in 2014
Density
169people per km², 30.9 km²
Households
1,221
Foreign residents
22
Rank
1,1791,179th most populous of 1,503 communes5th of 5 in its préfecture

Next door in Taghramt, 21.9% of households have running water. Here, it’s 74.1%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 0.2% to 74.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Sidi Harazem. Read French: 25.3% here, 23.6% there; can’t read or write: 26.5% here, 26.1% there; household size: 3.8 here, 4.0 there.

Compare it with Sidi Harazem

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

93103

Villages and hamlets

Bni Mzala, Colline de Mendizabal, Fahama, Fédériko, Gabaouiène, Hors, Laïmouna, Loma de las Trincheras, Sidi Brahim

How it changed

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

Belyounech −1.7%

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
26.5%aged 10 and over34.2% in 201431.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
52.2%21.5% in 201477.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
47.1%aged 15 and over44.9% in 201418.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.24children per woman1.66 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.6%of people6.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
74.1%of settled households0.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Belyounech: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.2%75 and over2.9%
2.0%70–741.8%
4.4%65–693.1%
5.2%60–645.6%
5.8%55–594.8%
5.7%50–545.6%
6.0%45–495.5%
6.7%40–447.1%
6.9%35–397.2%
7.2%30–346.9%
7.2%25–297.2%
7.1%20–248.9%
7.6%15–199.2%
8.7%10–148.4%
8.6%5–98.7%
7.7%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.5%
  • Tarifit0.7%
  • Tachelhit0.5%
  • Tamazight0.3%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.3%
  • French25.3%
  • English8.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot59.7%
  • Taxi13.0%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.1%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.9%
  • Private car4.5%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%
  • Bus0.5%
  • Informal transport0.3%
  • Animal0.1%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9418.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4547.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
982.2 per business
Public services
38
Associations
11in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce60.0%
  • Services28.9%
  • Industry6.7%
  • Construction4.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.4%
  • 2 to 36.7%
  • 4 to 96.7%
  • 10 to 492.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later57.8%
  • 2011–201924.4%
  • 2001–20102.2%
  • 1991–200011.1%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19802.2%
  • Before 19562.2%

Douars

The villages and hamlets of Belyounech’s rural part, as the 2024 census counted them: 5 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,593 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
بليونشBelyounech1 douar · 2,578 people
بليونشBelyounechGrouped7132,5781.01.21.9
بني مزالةBni Mzala4 douars · 2,015 people
واد الخلوطOued LakhloutIn parts481931.86.56.5
واد الليمونةOued LaimounaGrouped1476261.01.24.0
بني مزالة السفلىBni Mzala EssouflaGrouped1355181.61.33.4
بني مزالة العلياBni Mzala HautGrouped1786781.22.35.7

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

In the data

Files and code
Code
01.573.01.09
As digits
015730109
Slug
belyounech
OpenStreetMap
5926318
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("belyounech");

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