El Mers
المرس
Rural commune in the cercle of Marmoucha, province of Boulemane, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 4,887
- Since 2014
- −5.1%from 5,152 in 2014
- Density
- 12.7people per km², 386.1 km²
- Households
- 1,360
- Rank
- 1,2121,212th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 21 in its province
Next door in Boulemane, 92.8% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 0.0%.
Since 2014, households with running water went from 46.0% to 76.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.
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 El Mers.
El Mers −5.1%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 44.9%aged 10 and over51.8% in 201458.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 38.8%17.2% in 201432.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 34.2%aged 15 and over44.4% in 20147.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 97.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.87children per woman2.44 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 8.7%of people7.8% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.6people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 76.5%of settled households46.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6% | 75 and over | 6.5% | ||
| 3.5% | 70–74 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 4.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 60–64 | 5.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 6.0% | 50–54 | 6.2% | ||
| 7.3% | 45–49 | 6.2% | ||
| 6.4% | 40–44 | 7.2% | ||
| 5.9% | 35–39 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.5% | 30–34 | 5.1% | ||
| 5.2% | 25–29 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.9% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.7% | 15–19 | 8.0% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 9.2% | ||
| 10.3% | 5–9 | 8.0% | ||
| 7.5% | 0–4 | 7.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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
- 51.8%aged 10 and over44.9% in 202465.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 17.2%38.8% in 202431.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 44.4%aged 15 and over34.2% in 202414.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 94.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.44children per woman1.87 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 7.8%of people8.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.4people on average3.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 46.0%of settled households76.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0% | 75 and over | 4.5% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 2.8% | ||
| 2.8% | 65–69 | 3.3% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 4.6% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 4.2% | ||
| 3.9% | 50–54 | 5.2% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 5.1% | ||
| 6.1% | 40–44 | 6.3% | ||
| 7.1% | 35–39 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.7% | 30–34 | 7.8% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.8% | 20–24 | 7.0% | ||
| 9.5% | 15–19 | 7.9% | ||
| 8.4% | 10–14 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.1% | 5–9 | 8.4% | ||
| 10.6% | 0–4 | 9.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
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.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 11222.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 6255.4% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 841.4 per business
- Public services
- 50
- Associations
- 0in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted 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.
Douars
El Mers’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 28 douars in 5 fractions, with 4,887 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| المرسEl Mers7 douars · 406 people | ||||||
| ايت السبعAit Sbaa | Grouped | 10 | 34 | — | — | — |
| ايت بن يشوAit Ben Yachou | Dispersed | 21 | 88 | — | — | — |
| ايت بن القاسم اوحموAit Ben Kassem Aouhmou | Dispersed | 8 | 32 | — | — | — |
| ايت صالح اوسروتوAit Salah Ousroutou | Dispersed | 9 | 31 | — | — | — |
| تلمراتTilmirat | Dispersed | 27 | 75 | — | — | — |
| امان الخوجAmane El Khouj | Dispersed | 23 | 94 | — | — | — |
| سيدي امحمد أزروالSidi Mohammed Azeroual | Dispersed | 14 | 52 | — | — | — |
| ايت بن عبد اللهAit Ben Abdellah5 douars · 864 people | ||||||
| ايت بن الشريفAit Ben Chrif | Grouped | 119 | 408 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| إبوربيعنIbourbiane | In parts | 26 | 117 | — | — | — |
| افقيرنIfkiren | Grouped | 25 | 78 | — | — | — |
| ايت حساين اوحدوAit Ylassain Ou Hadou | Grouped | 37 | 151 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| اعرورنArourn | Grouped | 25 | 110 | — | — | — |
| ايت احمدAit Ahmed5 douars · 1,177 people | ||||||
| تقديرينTikdirine | Dispersed | 20 | 70 | — | — | — |
| تاغزوت ايت مولاي اسعيدTaghzoute Ait My Said | In parts | 61 | 239 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 9.4 |
| ايت تيفا حدوAit Tifa Haddou | In parts | 145 | 583 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 16.9 |
| إجرغنيIjarghine | In parts | 55 | 207 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| تيليلوت صاكةTililout Saka | In parts | 15 | 78 | — | — | — |
| ام جنيبةOum Jniba6 douars · 1,220 people | ||||||
| ايت رحو محمدAit Rahou Ou Med | In parts | 135 | 497 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| اردوزنIrdouzen | Grouped | 62 | 265 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 13.1 |
| ايت عبد الوهابAit Abdelwahab | Grouped | 15 | 41 | — | — | — |
| ايت عبد الله ام جنيبةAit Abddellah Oumjniba | In parts | 42 | 154 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 14.0 |
| تارصيفتTarcifte | Grouped | 52 | 185 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| ايت علي او لحسن إغرانAit Ali Oulehcen Ighran | In parts | 20 | 78 | — | — | — |
| ايت لحسن تاغيتAit Lahcen Taghit5 douars · 1,220 people | ||||||
| المرس المركزEl Mers Centre | Grouped | 225 | 693 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ايت لحسنAit Lahcen | In parts | 68 | 244 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| تاغيت ايت يوسفTaghilte Ait Youssef | In parts | 52 | 139 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| ايت مخشونAit Makhchoune | In parts | 26 | 65 | — | — | — |
| ايت يوسف او حدوAit Youssef Ouhaddou | In parts | 23 | 79 | — | — | — |
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
03.131.09.07- As digits
031310907- Slug
el-mers- Census figures
/api/communes/03.131.09.07/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.131.09.07/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.131.09.07/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.131.09.07/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2817718
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("el-mers");