Foum Jemaa

فم الجمعة

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

Population, 2024
9,373
Since 2014
−5.1%from 9,873 in 2014
Density
99.6people per km², 94.1 km²
Households
2,310
Rank
784784th most populous of 1,503 communes30th of 44 in its province

Next door in Tanant, 0.4% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 55.4%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 76.8% to 92.1%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lagfifat. Aged 0 to 14: 26.4% here, 25.8% there; unemployment: 17.7% here, 15.6% there; Darija: 98.2% here, 99.1% there.

Compare it with Lagfifat

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 Foum Jemaa.

Foum Jemaa −5.1%

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
33.9%aged 10 and over40.5% in 201444.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
17.7%10.6% in 201421.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
34.1%aged 15 and over42.0% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.90children per woman2.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.2%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.1people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
75.4%of settled households68.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Foum Jemaa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.3%75 and over3.8%
3.3%70–743.1%
4.3%65–693.3%
6.2%60–646.2%
4.8%55–594.6%
6.1%50–545.9%
6.0%45–496.5%
5.8%40–447.3%
4.8%35–397.0%
5.9%30–345.8%
5.3%25–295.8%
6.4%20–248.2%
9.1%15–198.3%
11.2%10–1410.3%
10.3%5–98.1%
7.2%0–45.8%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.2%
  • Tamazight19.2%
  • Tachelhit2.8%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.9%
  • French43.9%
  • English12.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.6%
  • Private car9.2%
  • Bus6.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle6.4%
  • Doesn’t travel to work5.2%
  • Taxi5.1%
  • Informal transport2.8%
  • Employer’s transport1.9%
  • Another way0.9%
  • Animal0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
1,717
Standing empty
15.8%7.1% vacant8.7% a second home
Precarious
10.5%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
85.2%91.7% on the water mains95.7% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
14.2%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house84.9%
  • Rural-type10.1%
  • Traditional house3.1%
  • Apartment1.3%
  • Other0.3%
  • Villa0.2%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years56.2%
  • 20 to 49 years35.9%
  • 50 years or more7.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
38040.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
30279.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3791.3 per business
Public services
68
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce58.6%
  • Services27.2%
  • Industry8.9%
  • Construction5.3%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person84.8%
  • 2 to 313.6%
  • 4 to 91.3%
  • 10 to 490.3%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later35.4%
  • 2011–201931.8%
  • 2001–201013.2%
  • 1991–200013.9%
  • 1981–19902.0%
  • 1956–19803.3%
  • Before 19560.3%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Foum Jemaa5,804

Douars

Foum Jemaa’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 8 douars in 1 fraction, with 3,569 people. Another 5,804 live in Foum Jemaa, its urban centre, which has no douars. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
فوم الجمعة الضاحيةFoum Jemaa Eddahia8 douars · 3,569 people
أيت مالكAit MalekIn parts2851,2600.92.64.2
أيت اعلي بن سالمAït Ali Ben SalamIn parts522270.22.83.1
تاجككالتTajgagaltIn parts2008591.01.16.0
أمشبكAmechbkIn parts672481.09.76.1
تݣانتTaguanteIn parts552610.11.16.3
المعادينAl MaadineGrouped29120———
افروAfrouIn parts893461.02.13.9
المقوصةM'KoussaGrouped632481.01.16.2

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
05.081.05.09
As digits
050810509
Slug
foum-jemaa
OpenStreetMap
2887247
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("foum-jemaa");

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