Ermila

الرميلة

Rural commune in the cercle of Outat El Haj, province of Boulemane, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
8,333
Since 2014
+8.4%from 7,690 in 2014
Density
10.9people per km², 765.8 km²
Households
1,765
Rank
875875th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 21 in its province

Next door in Outat El Haj, 91.6% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 1.0%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 13.2% to 45.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouargui. Running water: 84.9% here, 93.9% there; household size: 4.7 here, 4.5 there; Darija: 96.1% here, 99.5% there.

Compare it with Ouargui

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 Ermila.

Ermila +8.4%

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
36.4%aged 10 and over41.4% in 201450.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
45.0%13.2% in 201465.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
33.6%aged 15 and over40.8% in 20143.8% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
93.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.40children per woman2.63 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
3.4%of people6.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
84.9%of settled households69.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Ermila: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.6%
1.9%70–742.3%
3.0%65–693.0%
4.0%60–643.7%
5.2%55–594.4%
6.0%50–545.7%
5.4%45–495.4%
5.7%40–447.1%
6.3%35–397.0%
6.1%30–346.4%
5.6%25–296.2%
6.5%20–247.5%
9.9%15–198.6%
11.0%10–1410.8%
11.0%5–910.1%
9.3%0–48.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija96.1%
  • Tachelhit9.2%
  • Tamazight3.6%
  • Hassania0.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French44.4%
  • English10.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot65.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work12.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.1%
  • Private car3.8%
  • Informal transport3.3%
  • Employer’s transport2.6%
  • Animal1.3%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Bus0.6%
  • Another way0.4%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
9611.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
6062.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1061.8 per business
Public services
36
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce75.0%
  • Industry21.7%
  • Services3.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person75.0%
  • 2 to 311.7%
  • 4 to 911.7%
  • 10 to 491.7%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later0.0%
  • 2011–2019100.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–20000.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ermila’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 20 douars in 4 fractions, with 8,333 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
تكور الشرقيةTakour Charqia5 douars · 902 people
اولاد بلحسن الشرقيةOulad Belahsen CharqiaGrouped753821.01.01.7
مصلاغMaslaghGrouped311861.11.015.5
لعلبLalebDispersed18104———
الفرعةEl FraaDispersed342121.84.317.3
لبسابيسLabsabisDispersed418———
اولاد ملوكOulad Mellouk7 douars · 4,290 people
اولاد يحيىOulad YahyaGrouped1034481.01.01.9
الخشنةEl KhochnaGrouped1784———
اولاد نفيسةOulad NfissaGrouped803281.01.01.7
اقواريطLaqwaritIn parts4502,1251.42.32.9
قشاشةKchachaGrouped833871.32.63.9
بوباقيBoubakiGrouped1376501.32.52.5
تامقوستTamkoustGrouped672681.01.11.2
اولاد عبد الكريمOulad Abdelkrim5 douars · 2,060 people
اولاد عبد الكريمOulad AbdelkrimIn parts1627291.51.84.2
اولاد السي عبد الواحدOulad Si Abd El OuadIn parts823951.11.22.6
أهل اوطاطAhl OutatIn parts863861.01.03.5
حفرة الدجاجةHafra EddjajaDispersed472351.04.94.9
بركت الجملBerkt JmelGrouped733151.02.12.4
تكور الغربيةTakour Gharbia3 douars · 1,081 people
أولاد بلحسن الغربيةOulad Belahsen GharbiaGrouped632991.11.523.8
قرصاتEl KorsatGrouped1035171.01.824.6
مݣو ةMgou AGrouped502651.01.613.3

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
03.131.07.03
As digits
031310703
Slug
ermila
OpenStreetMap
2817788
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ermila");

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