Freija
افريجة
Rural commune in the cercle of Taroudannt, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 9,005
- Since 2014
- +2.4%from 8,792 in 2014
- Density
- 103people per km², 87.8 km²
- Households
- 1,998
- Foreign residents
- 2
- Rank
- 811811th most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 89 in its province
Next door in Ait Iaaza, 87.3% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 2.3%.
Since 2014, unemployment went from 11.6% to 27.0%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Ouled Bourahmoune. Running water: 99.3% here, 93.1% there; in the labour force: 32.4% here, 33.2% there; higher education: 3.9% here, 2.6% there.
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 Freija.
Freija +2.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 33.8%aged 10 and over43.4% in 201442.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 27.0%11.6% in 201425.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 32.4%aged 15 and over43.2% in 20142.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.72children per woman2.46 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people4.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.5people on average5.7 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 99.3%of settled households95.6% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3% | 75 and over | 3.8% | ||
| 2.3% | 70–74 | 2.4% | ||
| 3.1% | 65–69 | 3.1% | ||
| 4.4% | 60–64 | 4.5% | ||
| 5.0% | 55–59 | 5.6% | ||
| 5.9% | 50–54 | 6.5% | ||
| 6.6% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.9% | 40–44 | 7.5% | ||
| 5.7% | 35–39 | 7.4% | ||
| 6.6% | 30–34 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.9% | 25–29 | 6.1% | ||
| 7.0% | 20–24 | 6.8% | ||
| 9.1% | 15–19 | 8.2% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 10.3% | ||
| 8.5% | 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.
- Can’t read or write
- 43.4%aged 10 and over33.8% in 202454.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 11.6%27.0% in 202436.6% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 43.2%aged 15 and over32.4% in 20245.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.3%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.46children per woman1.72 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.2%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.7people on average4.5 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 95.6%of settled households99.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4% | 75 and over | 2.5% | ||
| 1.6% | 70–74 | 1.5% | ||
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 1.9% | ||
| 3.1% | 60–64 | 3.0% | ||
| 3.0% | 55–59 | 3.3% | ||
| 5.0% | 50–54 | 4.7% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 5.9% | ||
| 6.9% | 40–44 | 7.4% | ||
| 7.4% | 35–39 | 7.3% | ||
| 7.8% | 30–34 | 8.6% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 8.8% | ||
| 8.5% | 20–24 | 7.9% | ||
| 9.3% | 15–19 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.9% | 10–14 | 9.0% | ||
| 9.7% | 5–9 | 9.1% | ||
| 11.1% | 0–4 | 10.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Business and jobs
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 849.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 2631.0% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 301.2 per business
- Public services
- 52
- Associations
- 6in premises of their own
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.
Douars
Freija’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 1 fraction, with 9,004 people. One more isn’t in any douar: a nomad, or someone HCP counts apart, such as a soldier in barracks. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أفريجةFreïja15 douars · 9,004 people | ||||||
| أفريجةFreïja | In parts | 228 | 981 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| أولاد عجالOulad Ajal | In parts | 101 | 420 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| زاوية سيدي صالحZaouia Sidi Salah | Grouped | 78 | 345 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| أيت بوعيشةAit Bouaicha | Grouped | 52 | 239 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| أغشيAghouchi | Grouped | 43 | 205 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| أولاد مسعودOuled Massoud | In parts | 233 | 1,039 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| تعاونية أمل النجاحCoopérative Amel Ennjah | Grouped | 143 | 612 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| زاوية سيدي بنورZaouia Sidi Bennour | Grouped | 81 | 361 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| أولاد أحمدOulad Ahmed | Grouped | 284 | 1,244 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| لحواوشةEl Houaoucha | Grouped | 159 | 719 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| زاوية دبدابZaouia Dabdab | Grouped | 97 | 442 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| أيت حموAït Hammou | In parts | 110 | 551 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| الكديةEl Koudia | Grouped | 47 | 242 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| زاوية سكراتZaouia Sougrat | Grouped | 107 | 479 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| الركادةReggada | Grouped | 235 | 1,125 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
09.541.09.15- As digits
095410915- Slug
freija- Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.09.15/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.09.15/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.09.15/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/09.541.09.15/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2889050
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("freija");