Issen
إسن
Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Moussa Lhamri, province of Taroudannt, Souss-Massa.
- Population, 2024
- 13,254
- Since 2014
- +9.4%from 12,119 in 2014
- Density
- 168people per km², 78.9 km²
- Households
- 3,163
- Foreign residents
- 81
- Rank
- 537537th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 89 in its province
Next door in Sidi Boumoussa, 38.1% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 3.7%.
Since 2014, the share of people aged 10 and over who can’t read or write went from 41.3% to 31.1%. Across Morocco, the fall was 7 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Lalla Takarkoust. Running water: 98.9% here, 95.4% there; unemployment: 14.4% here, 14.2% there; can’t read or write: 31.1% here, 27.5% there.
Compare it with Lalla Takarkoust
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
Where it is
Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcode
83374
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Issen.
Issen +9.4%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 31.1%aged 10 and over41.3% in 201441.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 14.4%13.8% in 201433.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 39.2%aged 15 and over40.8% in 20146.9% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 99.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.25children per woman2.17 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.7%of people5.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.2people on average4.9 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 98.9%of settled households92.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1% | 75 and over | 3.8% | ||
| 2.0% | 70–74 | 2.3% | ||
| 3.5% | 65–69 | 3.0% | ||
| 4.6% | 60–64 | 4.4% | ||
| 4.6% | 55–59 | 4.7% | ||
| 5.9% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.6% | 45–49 | 6.8% | ||
| 7.6% | 40–44 | 7.9% | ||
| 7.0% | 35–39 | 7.1% | ||
| 6.9% | 30–34 | 6.8% | ||
| 6.0% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 7.0% | 20–24 | 6.6% | ||
| 8.5% | 15–19 | 8.4% | ||
| 9.6% | 10–14 | 10.0% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 9.5% | ||
| 7.8% | 0–4 | 7.0% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
- Can’t read or write
- 41.3%aged 10 and over31.1% in 202452.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 13.8%14.4% in 202433.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.8%aged 15 and over39.2% in 20246.0% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 95.7%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.17children per woman2.25 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.3%of people3.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.9people on average4.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 92.5%of settled households98.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2% | 75 and over | 3.1% | ||
| 1.7% | 70–74 | 2.1% | ||
| 1.9% | 65–69 | 1.8% | ||
| 2.9% | 60–64 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.9% | 55–59 | 3.2% | ||
| 5.1% | 50–54 | 5.4% | ||
| 5.3% | 45–49 | 4.9% | ||
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 7.9% | 35–39 | 8.2% | ||
| 8.3% | 30–34 | 8.3% | ||
| 7.9% | 25–29 | 8.7% | ||
| 8.5% | 20–24 | 8.0% | ||
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.3% | 10–14 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 9.2% | ||
| 9.7% | 0–4 | 10.3% | ||
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
- 22016.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 13460.9% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 3032.3 per business
- Public services
- 72
- Associations
- 14in 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.
Douars
Issen’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 1 fraction, with 13,240 people. 14 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| إسنIssen21 douars · 13,240 people | ||||||
| أولاد سكيرOulad Sguir | In parts | 654 | 2,599 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 6.7 |
| الشلوحChlouh | Grouped | 54 | 201 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 8.8 |
| الحاج موسىLhaj Moussa | Grouped | 128 | 589 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| أدوزAdouz | In parts | 321 | 1,492 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 5.5 |
| أركانت الحمريArgannt el Hamri | Grouped | 126 | 532 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| المجالعةLamjalaa | In parts | 364 | 1,509 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| الرياينةRyayna | In parts | 169 | 748 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| أيت حساسةAït Hassassa | Grouped | 68 | 286 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 7.1 |
| المزاركيةMazarguia | Grouped | 68 | 258 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
| الفايضةLfayda | In parts | 240 | 1,010 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| إكودارIgoudar | Grouped | 118 | 461 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| الكراكرLekraker | Grouped | 205 | 906 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| الكونةEl Gouna | Grouped | 150 | 571 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| الدويرةDouira | Grouped | 48 | 205 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 7.4 |
| البويرةLbouira | Grouped | 154 | 650 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.6 |
| أيت سعيدAit Saaied | Grouped | 63 | 269 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| أيت لامتيAit Lamti | Grouped | 42 | 186 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| أيت الشيوخAit Chyoukh | Grouped | 64 | 261 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| ألاثنين المدرسة العتيقةÉcole traditionnelle Alatnine | Grouped | 56 | 219 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.0 |
| جرف الحمامJorf El Hammam | Grouped | 41 | 185 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| الروايف أيت بن حموErrouayf Ait Ben Hammou | Grouped | 30 | 103 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 6.8 |
Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names
In the data
Files and code
- Code
09.541.11.15- As digits
095411115- Slug
issen- Census figures
/api/communes/09.541.11.15/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/09.541.11.15/economy.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/09.541.11.15/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/09.541.11.15/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2835864
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("issen");