Fam El Hisn

فم الحصن

Urban commune in the province of Tata, Souss-Massa.

Population, 2024
5,908
Since 2014
−7.0%from 6,353 in 2014
Density
2.1people per km², 2,792.5 km²
Households
1,294
Rank
1,1161,116th most populous of 1,503 communes8th of 20 in its province

Where it is

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

AllougoumTliteFoum ZguidTissintAkka-IghaneIbn YacoubTagmoutTigzmerteTataIssafenTizaghteKasbat Sidi Abdellah Ben M'barekAkkaAdisOum El GuerdaneTizounineAit OuabelliTamanarteAguinane

How it changed

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

Fam El Hisn −7.0%

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
27.4%aged 10 and over24.8% in 201437.4% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
39.7%28.0% in 201458.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
36.2%aged 15 and over34.0% in 201410.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
99.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.95children per woman1.67 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.7%of people5.0% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
94.7%of settled households93.2% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fam El Hisn: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.6%75 and over4.6%
3.0%70–743.1%
4.3%65–694.3%
3.5%60–645.1%
5.0%55–595.4%
6.1%50–545.8%
6.0%45–495.5%
5.9%40–447.1%
5.9%35–397.0%
6.7%30–346.9%
5.6%25–296.4%
6.9%20–246.2%
8.3%15–197.3%
11.0%10–148.7%
9.6%5–99.4%
7.6%0–47.1%

Local languages used

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

  • Tachelhit91.6%
  • Darija49.7%
  • Hassania1.3%
  • Tamazight1.1%
  • Tarifit0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.5%
  • French55.3%
  • English27.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh5.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot60.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle17.8%
  • Private car6.4%
  • Bus1.4%
  • Taxi1.2%
  • Employer’s transport1.2%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Fam El Hisn’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
1,713
Standing empty
25.6%6.9% vacant18.6% a second home
Precarious
33.3%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
83.6%95.1% on the water mains97.5% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
71.5%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house64.6%
  • Rural-type32.5%
  • Traditional house1.2%
  • Apartment0.9%
  • Other0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Villa0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years35.2%
  • 20 to 49 years52.5%
  • 50 years or more12.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
20234.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
14571.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
2021.4 per business
Public services
45
Associations
12in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce55.9%
  • Services24.8%
  • Industry13.8%
  • Construction5.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person91.0%
  • 2 to 34.8%
  • 4 to 92.8%
  • 10 to 491.4%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later23.4%
  • 2011–201940.0%
  • 2001–201016.6%
  • 1991–20009.0%
  • 1981–19901.4%
  • 1956–19806.9%
  • Before 19562.8%

In the data

Code
09.551.01.03
As digits
095510103
Slug
fam-el-hisn
Record
/api/communes/09.551.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.551.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/09.551.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.551.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/09.551.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.551.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2885844
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("fam-el-hisn");

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