Messassa

مساسة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tissa, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
8,195
Since 2014
−13.8%from 9,501 in 2014
Density
135people per km², 60.5 km²
Households
1,750
Rank
886886th most populous of 1,503 communes36th of 49 in its province

Where it is

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

El BibaneOudkaTaounateAin MediounaKissaneTafrantTaboudaSidi Yahia Bni ZeroualRhafsaiThar Es-SoukBni Ounjel TafraoutTameditBouhoudaGalazZrizerBouadelRghiouaFennassa Bab El HitSidi MokhfiKhlalfaAin MaatoufBni OulidRas El OuedTissaAin AichaEl BsabsaOulad DaoudBouaroussLouljaSidi El AbedBouchabelJbabraKaria Ba MohamedMoulay AbdelkrimMoulay BouchtaRhouaziSidi M'hamed Ben LahcenOutabouabaneAin LegdahOulad AyyadOued JemaaBni SnousMkansaOurtzarhMezraouaTimezganaRatbaSidi Haj M'hamed

How it changed

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

Messassa −13.8%

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
44.9%aged 10 and over52.8% in 201457.9% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
13.2%5.7% in 201421.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
43.8%aged 15 and over42.6% in 20149.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
3.57children per woman3.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
7.4%of people5.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.7people on average5.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
0.9%of settled households2.1% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Messassa: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.1%75 and over3.5%
2.4%70–742.9%
3.0%65–692.8%
4.4%60–644.5%
3.7%55–594.3%
4.3%50–544.7%
5.5%45–495.6%
5.9%40–445.9%
6.1%35–395.6%
4.8%30–345.9%
5.7%25–295.2%
6.6%20–245.9%
10.3%15–198.7%
12.3%10–1413.0%
12.0%5–910.9%
10.1%0–410.3%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.4%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tarifit0.1%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.6%
  • French29.9%
  • English4.6%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.4%
  • Bus7.8%
  • Private car2.3%
  • Taxi1.6%
  • Employer’s transport0.7%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.4%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
12615.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
5241.3% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
531.0 per business
Public services
74
Associations
0in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Services46.2%
  • Commerce40.4%
  • Industry13.5%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person98.1%
  • 2 to 31.9%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later13.5%
  • 2011–201930.8%
  • 2001–201028.8%
  • 1991–200013.5%
  • 1981–19905.8%
  • 1956–19807.7%
  • Before 19560.0%

In the data

Code
03.531.09.11
As digits
035310911
Slug
messassa
Record
/api/communes/03.531.09.11.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.531.09.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.531.09.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.531.09.11/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.531.09.11/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2805311
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("messassa");

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