Méchouar-Fès-El Jadid

المشور فاس الجديد

Urban commune in the préfecture of Fès, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
15,121
Since 2014
−26.5%from 20,560 in 2014
Density
9,191people per km², 1.7 km²
Households
4,503
Foreign residents
2
Rank
440440th most populous of 1,503 communes3rd of 5 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

FèsSidi HarazemAin BidaOulad Tayeb

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Méchouar-Fès-El Jadid.

Méchouar-Fès-El Jadid −26.5%

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
22.3%aged 10 and over25.2% in 201430.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
37.4%24.5% in 201441.5% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
44.7%aged 15 and over52.8% in 201425.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.41children per woman1.65 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.2%of people7.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.3people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
95.1%of settled households90.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Méchouar-Fès-El Jadid: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over4.9%
3.6%70–744.3%
4.9%65–695.4%
6.5%60–646.7%
6.3%55–596.9%
7.0%50–547.3%
6.5%45–497.1%
7.0%40–447.0%
6.2%35–396.3%
6.7%30–345.6%
6.3%25–295.4%
7.5%20–246.3%
7.9%15–197.4%
8.3%10–147.3%
6.7%5–96.3%
5.5%0–45.7%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija97.9%
  • Tachelhit0.9%
  • Tamazight0.5%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic100.0%
  • French50.3%
  • English11.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot57.8%
  • Bus16.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle9.0%
  • Taxi8.1%
  • Employer’s transport5.3%
  • Private car0.7%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings
4,823
Standing empty
17.0%10.9% vacant6.1% a second home
Precarious
0.5%0.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
96.5%91.5% on the water mains94.8% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
3.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Traditional house73.2%
  • Modern house25.3%
  • Apartment1.0%
  • Other0.3%
  • Slum or basic house0.1%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years1.9%
  • 20 to 49 years6.0%
  • 50 years or more92.1%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
1,36490.2 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
1,27793.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1,6071.3 per business
Public services
75
Associations
12in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce69.6%
  • Services18.2%
  • Industry11.6%
  • Construction0.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person82.9%
  • 2 to 315.2%
  • 4 to 91.9%
  • 10 to 490.1%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later11.6%
  • 2011–201918.2%
  • 2001–201024.0%
  • 1991–200028.3%
  • 1981–19906.2%
  • 1956–19807.5%
  • Before 19564.2%

In the data

Code
03.231.01.03
As digits
032310103
Slug
mechouar-fes-el-jadid
Record
/api/communes/03.231.01.03.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.231.01.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.231.01.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.231.01.03/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.231.01.03/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.231.01.03/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2799561
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("mechouar-fes-el-jadid");

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