Bourd

بورد

Rural commune in the cercle of Aknoul, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
6,996
Since 2014
−17.1%from 8,434 in 2014
Density
50.9people per km², 137.4 km²
Households
1,770
Foreign residents
2
Rank
1,0061,006th most populous of 1,503 communes23rd of 38 in its province

Since 2014, households that own their home went from 84.2% to 68.2%. Across Morocco, the fall was 2 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Mtalssa. Running water: 16.9% here, 4.7% there; can’t read or write: 43.2% here, 41.7% there; read French: 53.2% here, 56.0% there.

Compare it with Mtalssa

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 Bourd.

Bourd −17.1%

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
43.2%aged 10 and over49.3% in 201457.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
39.1%25.2% in 201455.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.0%aged 15 and over41.2% in 20144.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.36children per woman1.58 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.6%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
16.9%of settled households10.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Bourd: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.9%75 and over3.7%
1.7%70–742.4%
3.4%65–694.3%
5.5%60–645.7%
5.5%55–596.1%
4.9%50–546.7%
5.1%45–495.4%
6.5%40–446.5%
8.6%35–397.5%
6.8%30–346.2%
6.0%25–296.2%
7.0%20–245.2%
7.4%15–197.4%
9.3%10–149.0%
10.2%5–99.9%
9.4%0–47.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Tarifit91.9%
  • Darija60.8%
  • Tamazight0.7%
  • Tachelhit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.4%
  • French53.2%
  • English10.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work11.1%
  • Animal9.4%
  • Informal transport6.4%
  • Private car3.5%
  • Employer’s transport2.8%
  • Bus2.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.5%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Taxi0.6%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
18927.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
10052.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1221.2 per business
Public services
87
Associations
2in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.0%
  • Services27.0%
  • Industry10.0%
  • Construction6.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person80.0%
  • 2 to 320.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later42.0%
  • 2011–201929.0%
  • 2001–201013.0%
  • 1991–20005.0%
  • 1981–19906.0%
  • 1956–19805.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Bourd’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 3 fractions, with 6,996 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
اهروشنAhrouchen4 douars · 1,033 people
تالمستTalmestGrouped1054752.42.319.7
واد الخميسOued LakhmissDispersed592662.02.319.4
عين عشبونAïn AchbounDispersed432176.72.06.7
تالوينTaliouineIn parts1775———
تمجونتTamjount5 douars · 3,841 people
تمجونتTamjountIn parts3231,2943.83.413.7
بوردBouredIn parts3031,1330.81.13.3
بورد القديمBourd KdimIn parts1244432.43.02.9
اهراسنAhrasenDispersed1747060.64.54.4
المعليEl MaliDispersed812654.33.65.1
انحناحنAnhnahen5 douars · 2,122 people
امعرضنImaaradenDispersed321563.23.915.1
لعزيب انحناحنLaazib AnhnahenIn parts1766652.23.114.4
تاسلوينTassliouineDispersed823362.03.15.2
افرزازAferzazDispersed14954210.51.912.6
سيدي امحمدSidi AhmedIn parts1024235.22.56.6

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
03.561.03.03
As digits
035610303
Slug
bourd
OpenStreetMap
2754009
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("bourd");

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