Fès
فاس
Urban commune in the préfecture of Fès, Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 1,167,842
- Since 2014
- +7.0%from 1,091,512 in 2014
- Density
- 11,923people per km², 98 km²
- Households
- 307,322
- Foreign residents
- 3,799
- Rank
- 33rd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 5 in its préfecture
Next door in Ain Bou Ali, 0.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 99.4%.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Benslimane. Higher education: 13.3% here, 14.2% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.3% here, 25.1% there; running water: 99.4% here, 95.2% there.
Where it is
Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcodes
30000, 30010, 30020, 30030, 30040, 30050, 30060, 30070, 30080, 30090, 30100, 30110, 30120, 30300
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Fès.
Fès +7.0%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 20.6%aged 10 and over26.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 22.5%26.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 41.6%aged 15 and over19.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.0%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.86children per woman1.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.0%of people4.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.8people on average3.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 99.4%of settled households82.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6% | 75 and over | 2.9% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 2.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 65–69 | 3.4% | ||
| 4.9% | 60–64 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.7% | 55–59 | 4.9% | ||
| 5.5% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 7.0% | 40–44 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 7.2% | ||
| 6.3% | 25–29 | 6.7% | ||
| 7.5% | 20–24 | 7.8% | ||
| 8.6% | 15–19 | 8.3% | ||
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.2% | 5–9 | 8.4% | ||
| 7.6% | 0–4 | 6.8% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Fès’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 416,111
- Standing empty
- 27.7%15.6% vacant12.1% a second home
- Precarious
- 3.8%2.7% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 98.1%97.1% on the water mains97.1% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 4.9%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
The census counts Fès by arrondissement. These figures add its 6 arrondissements up. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 53,74546.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 51,97396.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 134,6992.6 per business
- Public services
- 1,193
- Associations
- 579in 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.
Arrondissements
The city is divided into arrondissements, shaded from least to most dense.
| Arrondissement | Population, 2024 | Per km² |
|---|---|---|
| Zouagha زواغة | 358,631 | 11,184 |
| Saiss سايس | 237,242 | 11,719 |
| El Mariniyine المرينيين | 206,427 | 16,389 |
| Jnan El Ouard جنان الورد | 187,737 | 24,859 |
| Agdal أكدال | 128,030 | 5,778 |
| Fès-Médina فاس المدينة | 49,775 | 14,941 |
In the data
Files and code
- Code
03.231.01.0- As digits
003231010- Slug
fes- Census figures
/api/communes/03.231.01.0/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.231.01.0/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.231.01.0/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.231.01.0/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/03.231.01.0/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2799557
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("fes");