Lmechrek
لمشرك
Rural commune in the cercle of Sidi Bennour, province of Sidi Bennour, Casablanca-Settat.
- Population, 2024
- 15,770
- Since 2014
- −2.3%from 16,141 in 2014
- Density
- 221people per km², 71.3 km²
- Households
- 3,450
- Rank
- 417417th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 25 in its province
Since 2014, the share of people aged 15 and over in the labour force went from 52.4% to 36.6%. Across Morocco, the fall was 6 points.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: M'qam Tolba. Unemployment: 16.0% here, 19.0% there; Darija: 99.3% here, 98.2% there; household size: 4.6 here, 4.6 there.
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 Lmechrek.
Lmechrek −2.3%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 40.5%aged 10 and over47.4% in 201451.6% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 16.0%7.9% in 201438.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 36.6%aged 15 and over52.4% in 20146.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 94.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.37children per woman2.03 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.5%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.6people on average5.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 24.5%of settled households9.7% 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 | 3.2% | ||
| 2.8% | 70–74 | 3.1% | ||
| 3.8% | 65–69 | 3.8% | ||
| 4.8% | 60–64 | 5.1% | ||
| 4.7% | 55–59 | 4.1% | ||
| 5.7% | 50–54 | 5.8% | ||
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 6.4% | ||
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 6.6% | ||
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.7% | 30–34 | 6.2% | ||
| 5.8% | 25–29 | 6.0% | ||
| 6.4% | 20–24 | 6.7% | ||
| 8.9% | 15–19 | 8.7% | ||
| 11.0% | 10–14 | 10.4% | ||
| 10.2% | 5–9 | 9.7% | ||
| 7.9% | 0–4 | 8.0% | ||
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
- 47.4%aged 10 and over40.5% in 202460.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 7.9%16.0% in 202420.9% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.4%aged 15 and over36.6% in 202419.9% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 91.0%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 2.03children per woman2.37 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 4.6%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 5.6people on average4.6 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 9.7%of settled households24.5% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.2% | 75 and over | 2.4% | ||
| 1.5% | 70–74 | 1.9% | ||
| 1.6% | 65–69 | 1.6% | ||
| 3.6% | 60–64 | 3.2% | ||
| 4.1% | 55–59 | 3.7% | ||
| 4.9% | 50–54 | 5.6% | ||
| 4.9% | 45–49 | 4.8% | ||
| 6.3% | 40–44 | 6.1% | ||
| 6.7% | 35–39 | 6.9% | ||
| 7.5% | 30–34 | 7.0% | ||
| 7.4% | 25–29 | 7.6% | ||
| 9.2% | 20–24 | 8.6% | ||
| 9.7% | 15–19 | 9.4% | ||
| 10.5% | 10–14 | 10.5% | ||
| 9.5% | 5–9 | 9.8% | ||
| 10.4% | 0–4 | 10.9% | ||
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
- 25115.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 15963.3% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 2621.6 per business
- Public services
- 91
- Associations
- 1in 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.
Figures that stand out
The figures where this commune stands furthest from others, with its neighbours and 2014 beside each one.
The share of households cooking with electricity is 6.4%, among the highest 1% of communes of 5,000 people or more.
Across the 5 communes it borders, the median is 0.1%. Bni Hilal is furthest from it, at 0.0%.
Among rural communes of 5,000 to 20,000 people, it's in the top 1%.
Douars
Lmechrek’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 34 douars in 4 fractions, with 15,770 people. What each figure counts
| Douar | Kind | Households | People | Distance from home, km | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved road | Primary school | Health centre | ||||
| أولاد الطوايرةOulad Ettouayra9 douars · 3,688 people | ||||||
| الحلافتةLahlafta | Grouped | 169 | 744 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| لغرايسLaghrayes | Grouped | 96 | 455 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| الطريقاتTrikate | Grouped | 38 | 207 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| الحميداتLehmidat | Grouped | 71 | 348 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| العبابسةLaababssa | In parts | 68 | 275 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 8.0 |
| الصوالحSoualeh | Grouped | 162 | 691 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
| الخيايطةLekhyayta | Grouped | 54 | 233 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 6.9 |
| الجوابرةJouabra | Grouped | 131 | 555 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| العوامرةLaaouamra | Grouped | 44 | 180 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| أولاد احمدOulad Ahmed14 douars · 6,408 people | ||||||
| الهواشمةLchouachma | Grouped | 96 | 435 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| لغريباتLaghriybat | Grouped | 91 | 439 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| الميساتLemouissat | Grouped | 74 | 332 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| العواوشةLaaouaoucha | Grouped | 271 | 1,259 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| الفقرةEl Foqra | Grouped | 167 | 779 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| الحماماتHamamat | In parts | 152 | 813 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| لحسيناتLahsinate | Grouped | 116 | 566 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| عبدةAbda | Grouped | 71 | 317 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| الجرارفةEl Jrarfa | Grouped | 27 | 133 | — | — | — |
| التعاونية الهموشيةCoopérative El Hmouchia | Grouped | 64 | 335 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.8 |
| التعاونية الهلاليةCoopérative El Hilalia | Grouped | 53 | 257 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| لمكوكةLamkouka | Grouped | 43 | 213 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| الحنينيينEl Haniniine | Grouped | 28 | 156 | — | — | — |
| الكديةEl Koudia | Grouped | 80 | 374 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| الطويلعاتEttouylaat10 douars · 5,668 people | ||||||
| الباكرةel Bakra | Grouped | 55 | 233 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| زمرانZamrane | Grouped | 285 | 1,206 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| المركز الفلاحي 331Centre El Flahi 331 | Grouped | 4 | 13 | — | — | — |
| الشروعةChroua | Grouped | 372 | 1,699 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| الدحامنةDehamna | Grouped | 135 | 518 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| السلاهمةSlahma | Grouped | 142 | 585 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| المباركيينEl Mbarkiine | Grouped | 27 | 100 | — | — | — |
| العسارةEl Assara | Grouped | 67 | 314 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| الرميلاتRmaylat | Grouped | 110 | 577 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| أولاد بوسعيدOulad Bousaid | In parts | 86 | 423 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 6 people | ||||||
| ربيعاتRbiaat | Grouped | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
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
06.467.07.23- As digits
064670723- Slug
lmechrek- Census figures
/api/communes/06.467.07.23/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/06.467.07.23/economy.json- Figures that stand out
/api/communes/06.467.07.23/insights.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/06.467.07.23/neighbours.json- OpenStreetMap
- 3549746
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("lmechrek");