Foum El Anceur

فم العنصر

Rural commune in the cercle of Béni Mellal, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 24,232
Since 2014: +31.6%from 18,412 in 2014
Density: 132people per km², 183.4 km²
Households: 5,809
Foreign residents: 2
Rank: 242242nd most populous of 1,503 communes6th of 22 in its province

Next door in Béni Mellal, 94.9% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.4%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 6.8% to 36.5%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Marbouh. Aged 65 and over: 8.3% here, 8.1% there; running water: 77.9% here, 83.5% there; higher education: 4.6% here, 3.7% there.

Compare it with El Marbouh

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

Foum El Anceur +31.6%

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: 35.4%aged 10 and over44.7% in 201444.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 36.5%6.8% in 201442.8% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.0%aged 15 and over44.7% in 201410.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.63children per woman2.23 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people4.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.2people on average4.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 77.9%of settled households71.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Foum El Anceur: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.5%	75 and over	2.8%
2.4%	70–74	2.2%
3.4%	65–69	3.1%
4.1%	60–64	4.1%
4.2%	55–59	4.3%
5.3%	50–54	6.0%
6.5%	45–49	6.4%
6.7%	40–44	6.7%
6.2%	35–39	6.9%
6.1%	30–34	6.6%
5.6%	25–29	6.4%
6.7%	20–24	7.3%
9.1%	15–19	8.5%
11.9%	10–14	11.1%
10.5%	5–9	10.0%
8.8%	0–4	7.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija85.8%
Tamazight57.4%
Tachelhit6.5%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.9%
French62.0%
English14.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh3.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot41.3%
Taxi12.2%
Bike or motorcycle11.5%
Bus9.9%
Private car9.2%
Doesn’t travel to work8.4%
Employer’s transport5.0%
Animal1.2%
Informal transport0.8%
Another way0.6%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 44.7%aged 10 and over35.4% in 202455.6% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 6.8%36.5% in 202410.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 44.7%aged 15 and over38.0% in 202415.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 85.2%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.23children per woman1.63 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.3%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 71.9%of settled households77.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Foum El Anceur: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.2%	75 and over	2.3%
1.7%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.4%
3.1%	60–64	2.8%
3.8%	55–59	3.2%
4.7%	50–54	5.1%
4.8%	45–49	5.0%
5.8%	40–44	7.0%
6.5%	35–39	7.1%
7.5%	30–34	7.4%
7.8%	25–29	7.8%
8.5%	20–24	8.6%
9.9%	15–19	9.3%
10.0%	10–14	10.3%
10.2%	5–9	10.0%
11.5%	0–4	10.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija81.9%
Tamazight59.3%
Tachelhit6.7%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French50.1%
Arabic only34.9%
Arabic, French and English12.3%
Other combinations2.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot58.4%
Taxi17.5%
Bike or motorcycle5.6%
Private car5.3%
Bus4.4%
Not stated3.3%
Works at home2.8%
Another way2.1%
Employer’s transport0.5%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood58.7%
Another commune17.6%
No fixed place14.5%
Another province3.7%
At home2.8%
Not stated1.5%
Another in the commune0.9%
Somewhere else0.2%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farming and fishing21.6%
Crafts and skilled trades21.4%
Labouring and small trades19.2%
Farm and fishing labour17.5%
Trade and broking6.9%
Clerical work6.1%
Machine operating3.7%
Managers and senior professionals1.8%
Technicians1.0%
Not classified0.8%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma68.2%
Primary18.9%
Lower secondary8.7%
Upper secondary3.1%
DEUG or Licence1.0%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 47319.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 37579.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 6441.7 per business
Public services: 93
Associations: 5in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 2counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce59.2%
Services23.7%
Industry16.0%
Construction1.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person67.2%
2 to 327.5%
4 to 94.0%
10 to 491.3%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later54.4%
2011–201933.1%
2001–20108.3%
1991–20003.7%
1981–19900.3%
1956–19800.3%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Foum El Anceur’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 23 douars in 2 fractions, with 24,225 people. 7 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
ايت سليمانAit Slimane14 douars · 17,038 people
أدوز المركزAdouz Centre	Grouped	3,002	12,618	0.8	1.2	1.8
تمشاطTamchat	Grouped	516	2,142	0.8	1.0	4.1
تفرضينTaferdine	Grouped	85	413	1.2	6.0	5.1
بويمورةBouymoura	Dispersed	33	165	4.3	3.3	11.5
تيليوةTilioua	Dispersed	11	49	—	—	—
تصميتTasmit	Dispersed	19	94	—	—	—
تمسيتTamsit	Dispersed	10	46	—	—	—
مودجMoudj	Grouped	95	453	1.7	2.0	11.9
تمجرجتTamjerjt	Dispersed	71	369	1.2	4.0	13.9
تمسكارTimskar	Dispersed	11	58	—	—	—
إغرغرIghrghr	Dispersed	31	175	1.2	3.2	46.2
إغرضانIghrdane	In parts	46	292	13.5	14.5	47.9
أولوو أيت سليمانAoulouou Ait Slimane	Dispersed	14	96	—	—	—
أعرمشاArmcha	Dispersed	11	68	—	—	—
ايت اومنصفAit Aouminsaf9 douars · 7,187 people
اهل سابكHal Sabek	Grouped	487	1,980	0.1	0.4	1.3
فم عنصر المركزFoum Onsar Centre	Grouped	1,252	4,664	0.2	0.7	0.7
البراقيقEl Brakik	Dispersed	16	77	—	—	—
إفرغاسIferghas	Dispersed	10	48	—	—	—
تسويتTasouyt	Dispersed	16	75	—	—	—
أمعارضAmaard	Dispersed	17	90	—	—	—
حليقHalik	Dispersed	17	68	—	—	—
أمازرAmazar	Dispersed	7	28	—	—	—
أولوو أيت أومنصفAoulouou Ait Aouminsaf	Dispersed	32	157	1.4	2.3	26.1

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: 05.091.03.11
As digits: 050910311
Slug: foum-el-anceur
Record: /api/communes/05.091.03.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.03.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.03.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.03.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.03.11/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.091.03.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882612

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