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

Where it is

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

BigoudineArganaLamnizlaEddirSidi Moussa LhamriSidi BoumoussaOulad TeimaSidi Ahmed Ou AmarEl Koudia El BeidaLagfifatAhl RamelTidsi-NissendaleneLakhnafifEl GuerdaneTaroudanntAhmar LaglalchaMachraa El AinSidi BorjaTazemmourtLamhadiToufelaaztAssadsTabiaSidi MzalAit AbdallahToumlilineImaouenSidi BoaalIrhermZaouia Sidi TaharIda Ou MoumenTamaloukteAit MakhloufTafraoutenTalmakanteAhl TifnouteToubkalIguidiTaouyalteAskaouenAssaisseSidi HsaineTassousfiTaliouineZagmouzenAssakiOuziouaAoulouzIda-OugoummadAdarAzaghar N'irsOualqadiImi N'tayartToughmartTizgzaouineAgadir MelloulAzrarImoulassImilmaissSidi Abdellah Ou SaidTigougaTalgjountIda Ou GailalAit IgasAit IaazaSidi DahmaneFreijaTioutIgliArazaneOulad AissaAmalouBounrarTindineTisfaneTataouteTizi N'testTafingoultOulad BerhilIgoudar MnabhaLamharaSidi OuaazizEl FaidTinzartTisrasseOuneineNihitSidi Ahmed Ou Abdallah

How it changed

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

Issen +9.4%

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
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.

Issen: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.8%
2.0%70–742.3%
3.5%65–693.0%
4.6%60–644.4%
4.6%55–594.7%
5.9%50–545.8%
6.6%45–496.8%
7.6%40–447.9%
7.0%35–397.1%
6.9%30–346.8%
6.0%25–296.0%
7.0%20–246.6%
8.5%15–198.4%
9.6%10–1410.0%
9.4%5–99.5%
7.8%0–47.0%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija98.5%
  • Tachelhit18.1%
  • Tamazight1.3%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.8%
  • French68.8%
  • English26.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Bike or motorcycle37.8%
  • On foot13.4%
  • Private car13.4%
  • Taxi11.9%
  • Employer’s transport7.8%
  • Bus3.2%

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

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce59.0%
  • Industry22.4%
  • Services17.9%
  • Construction0.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person76.9%
  • 2 to 314.2%
  • 4 to 93.7%
  • 10 to 495.2%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later46.3%
  • 2011–201940.3%
  • 2001–201011.9%
  • 1991–20000.7%
  • 1981–19900.0%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
09.541.11.15
As digits
095411115
Slug
issen
Record
/api/communes/09.541.11.15.json
Boundary
/api/communes/09.541.11.15/boundary.geojson
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
OpenStreetMap
2835864
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("issen");

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