Fezna

فزنا

Rural commune in the cercle of Arfoud, province of Errachidia, Drâa-Tafilalet.

Population, 2024
4,400
Since 2014
−1.7%from 4,477 in 2014
Density
5.9people per km², 742.8 km²
Households
846
Rank
1,2611,261st most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 29 in its province

Next door in Aarab Sebbah Gheris, 1.0% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 84.2%.

Since 2014, households on the public sewer went from 0.4% to 84.2%. Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Compare it with other communes

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 Fezna.

Fezna −1.7%

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
25.7%aged 10 and over28.9% in 201433.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.3%17.5% in 201450.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.4%aged 15 and over41.9% in 20142.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.57children per woman3.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.7%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.2people on average6.4 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
96.7%of settled households91.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Fezna: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
2.7%75 and over3.2%
2.5%70–742.8%
3.5%65–693.6%
3.8%60–644.2%
4.3%55–593.4%
4.5%50–545.5%
5.6%45–496.3%
6.0%40–446.9%
6.3%35–396.2%
5.2%30–346.2%
5.7%25–295.5%
7.0%20–247.2%
10.0%15–199.6%
12.4%10–1410.8%
11.3%5–910.2%
9.4%0–48.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.3%
  • Tachelhit3.1%
  • Tamazight1.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French43.9%
  • English5.9%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot33.2%
  • Bike or motorcycle22.5%
  • Informal transport20.1%
  • Bus12.9%
  • Doesn’t travel to work4.4%
  • Private car3.2%
  • Taxi1.9%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Animal0.3%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%
  • Another way0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
5412.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
3055.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
341.1 per business
Public services
22
Associations
2in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce63.3%
  • Services33.3%
  • Industry3.3%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person90.0%
  • 2 to 310.0%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later60.0%
  • 2011–201930.0%
  • 2001–20100.0%
  • 1991–200010.0%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Figures that stand out

The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.

The share of households on the public sewer went from 0.4% in 2014 to 84.2% in 2024, a far bigger rise than in other communes.

Across 7 of the 8 communes it borders, the median since 2014 is +3.0 points. Lkheng is furthest from it, at −2.6 points.

Across Morocco, the rise was 7 points.

Among rural communes of under 5,000 people, it's in the top 1%.

How these are picked

Douars

Fezna’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 7 douars in 2 fractions, with 4,262 people. 138 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
فزناFezna5 douars · 2,629 people
اولاد جلالOulad JallalGrouped1558781.72.57.6
قصر لقصيبةKsar El KsibaGrouped442460.51.44.7
قصر اولاد غانم فزنةKsar Oulad Ghanem FeznaGrouped1376410.10.43.4
اولاد الشرقيOulad Ach CherquiGrouped1236780.00.34.2
القصر الجديدKsar el JdidGrouped311861.11.19.9
العشوريةEl Achouria2 douars · 1,633 people
العشوريةEl AchouriaGrouped3051,5180.60.82.1
الحي الجديد العشوريةHay Jdid El AchouriaGrouped28115———

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
08.201.03.09
As digits
082010309
Slug
fezna
OpenStreetMap
2884811
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("fezna");

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