Bzou
بزو
Rural commune in the cercle of Bzou, province of Azilal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.
- Population, 2024
- 13,602
- Since 2014
- −3.3%from 14,072 in 2014
- Density
- 57.1people per km², 238.2 km²
- Households
- 3,563
- Foreign residents
- 1
- Rank
- 516516th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 44 in its province
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
22250
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Bzou.
Bzou −3.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 34.3%aged 10 and over41.6% in 201445.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 29.1%9.0% in 201441.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 32.2%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 99.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.20children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.2%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 96.7%of settled households80.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1% | 75 and over | 5.0% | ||
| 3.1% | 70–74 | 3.7% | ||
| 5.2% | 65–69 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.3% | 60–64 | 5.7% | ||
| 4.8% | 55–59 | 5.5% | ||
| 6.5% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 5.9% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 5.5% | 40–44 | 6.5% | ||
| 5.8% | 35–39 | 6.1% | ||
| 5.1% | 30–34 | 6.0% | ||
| 4.7% | 25–29 | 6.3% | ||
| 5.4% | 20–24 | 6.9% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 7.3% | ||
| 11.1% | 10–14 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.8% | 5–9 | 8.6% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 6.3% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 1.5% in 2014, 41.0% in 2024; Tamazight 55.5% in 2014, 19.1% in 2024. How these are spotted
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 41.6%aged 10 and over34.3% in 202454.1% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 9.0%29.1% in 20249.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 42.6%aged 15 and over32.2% in 202420.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.23children per woman2.20 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 6.2%of people5.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 80.6%of settled households96.7% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5% | 75 and over | 4.5% | ||
| 2.9% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 2.7% | 65–69 | 2.2% | ||
| 4.0% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 5.6% | 55–59 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.5% | 50–54 | 6.0% | ||
| 4.8% | 45–49 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.7% | 40–44 | 6.7% | ||
| 5.4% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 5.8% | 30–34 | 6.7% | ||
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 20–24 | 7.8% | ||
| 9.4% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 9.3% | 10–14 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 8.0% | ||
| 11.7% | 0–4 | 9.6% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
The two censuses don’t line up here: Tachelhit 1.5% in 2014, 41.0% in 2024; Tamazight 55.5% in 2014, 19.1% in 2024. How these are spotted
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Bzou’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 1,435
- Standing empty
- 21.5%4.7% vacant16.8% a second home
- Precarious
- 13.7%0.0% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 0.8%90.0% on the water mains90.5% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 21.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
What kind they are
Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 45133.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 30768.1% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 5531.8 per business
- Public services
- 114
- Associations
- 30in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 2counted outside the total
More business figures
Businesses by sector
Every sector but agriculture.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Urban centres
Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.
| Bzou | 4,014 |
Douars
Bzou’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 5 fractions, with 9,588 people. Another 4,014 live in Bzou, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| قلعة بزوKelaa Bzou5 douars · 3,235 people | ||||||
| واورينتOuaourint | In parts | 313 | 1,410 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| مازوزMazouz | Grouped | 152 | 630 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| أيت واݣنAit Ouaguen | In parts | 146 | 592 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| تاݣونتTagount | In parts | 104 | 396 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| أيت موليAït Mouli | Grouped | 49 | 207 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| أهل بزوAhl Bzou2 douars · 408 people | ||||||
| أقرمودAkermoud | In parts | 98 | 376 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| تامقديتTamkdit | Grouped | 7 | 32 | — | — | — |
| إمداحنImadahen3 douars · 2,993 people | ||||||
| أمغيايAmghyay | Dispersed | 138 | 509 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| تنفرتTanafert | Grouped | 64 | 268 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
| إمداحنImadahen | In parts | 563 | 2,216 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| زالكنZalguen3 douars · 1,273 people | ||||||
| زالكنZalguen | In parts | 170 | 720 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| الشعبة الحمراءChaba el Hamra | In parts | 92 | 333 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| أركArg | Grouped | 51 | 220 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| باحي أغبالوBahi Aghbalou2 douars · 1,679 people | ||||||
| أغبالوAghbalou | In parts | 399 | 1,309 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| النزالةEn Nzala | Grouped | 73 | 370 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 10.4 |
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
05.081.05.07- As digits
050810507- Slug
bzou- Census figures
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/05.081.05.07/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2887243
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("bzou");