Mikkes

ميكس

Rural commune in the cercle of Moulay Yacoub, province of Moulay Yacoub, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 6,145
Since 2014: +0.9%from 6,089 in 2014
Density: 52.5people per km², 117 km²
Households: 1,305
Rank: 1,0841,084th most populous of 1,503 communes10th of 11 in its province

Next door in M'haya, 87.4% of households have running water. Here, it’s 21.8%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 1.8% to 31.6%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Jabria. Aged 0 to 14: 34.4% here, 33.2% there; can’t read or write: 45.7% here, 45.9% there; read French: 34.4% here, 29.7% there.

Compare it with Jabria

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

36125

How it changed

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

Mikkes +0.9%

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: 45.7%aged 10 and over53.3% in 201455.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 31.6%1.8% in 201417.9% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.1%aged 15 and over45.3% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 91.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.93children per woman2.52 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.5%of people6.2% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.7people on average6.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 21.8%of settled households5.7% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Mikkes: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.3%	75 and over	2.7%
2.1%	70–74	2.0%
2.5%	65–69	2.7%
3.0%	60–64	3.3%
2.8%	55–59	3.3%
4.1%	50–54	4.7%
4.9%	45–49	5.3%
6.5%	40–44	4.9%
6.8%	35–39	7.2%
6.8%	30–34	6.5%
7.0%	25–29	6.9%
7.9%	20–24	6.3%
9.7%	15–19	8.8%
12.2%	10–14	12.6%
11.4%	5–9	11.9%
10.1%	0–4	10.9%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.3%
Tachelhit0.4%
Hassania0.1%
Tamazight0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French34.4%
English7.8%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot45.0%
Taxi13.7%
Informal transport12.9%
Animal12.5%
Employer’s transport10.4%
Doesn’t travel to work1.8%
Private car1.6%
Bike or motorcycle1.2%
Bus0.5%
Train0.4%
Tram0.0%
Another way0.0%

Can’t read or write: 53.3%aged 10 and over45.7% in 202465.7% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 1.8%31.6% in 202425.0% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.3%aged 15 and over38.1% in 20242.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 92.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.52children per woman2.93 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 6.2%of people4.5% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 6.1people on average4.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 5.7%of settled households21.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Mikkes: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.4%	75 and over	2.0%
1.1%	70–74	1.5%
1.7%	65–69	0.8%
2.8%	60–64	2.4%
2.4%	55–59	2.4%
3.7%	50–54	4.3%
3.6%	45–49	3.8%
4.6%	40–44	5.9%
5.9%	35–39	6.0%
7.3%	30–34	6.4%
8.1%	25–29	7.9%
10.0%	20–24	9.0%
10.1%	15–19	11.7%
11.9%	10–14	11.2%
11.2%	5–9	12.0%
13.1%	0–4	12.7%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.6%
Tamazight0.6%
Tachelhit0.1%
Tarifit0.1%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French64.6%
Arabic only31.2%
Arabic, French and English3.3%
Other combinations0.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot89.6%
Taxi4.3%
Not stated3.1%
Bike or motorcycle0.8%
Bus0.7%
Another way0.7%
Private car0.5%
Train0.2%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Works at home0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood89.6%
Another province3.2%
Not stated3.1%
No fixed place2.2%
Another commune0.9%
Another in the commune0.8%
Somewhere else0.2%
At home0.1%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour45.6%
Farming and fishing37.6%
Crafts and skilled trades3.9%
Labouring and small trades3.8%
Clerical work2.6%
Trade and broking2.5%
Managers and senior professionals1.4%
Machine operating1.3%
Not classified1.1%
Technicians0.1%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma85.6%
Primary11.8%
Lower secondary1.6%
Upper secondary0.8%
DEUG or Licence0.2%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 10817.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 4238.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 481.1 per business
Public services: 66
Associations: 0in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce50.0%
Services38.1%
Industry9.5%
Construction2.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person85.7%
2 to 314.3%
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 later33.3%
2011–201933.3%
2001–201019.0%
1991–200014.3%
1981–19900.0%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Mikkes’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 21 douars in 5 fractions, with 6,145 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
مكناسة السفلىMeknassa Essoufla4 douars · 222 people
محمد بن علالMed Ben Allal	Grouped	15	81	—	—	—
سيدي صالحSidi Salah	Grouped	16	71	—	—	—
اولاد بلفقيهOulad Bellefqih	Grouped	5	33	—	—	—
القريةEl Karia	Dispersed	8	37	—	—	—
مكناسة العلياMeknassa El Oulia5 douars · 1,571 people
اولاد بن عبد اللهOulad Ben Abdellah	Grouped	142	674	0.0	0.5	5.0
تيغوربةTirhourba	Grouped	42	254	0.0	1.0	5.0
اولاد حسينOulad Hssine	Grouped	126	571	0.0	0.0	6.0
انزالةNzala	Grouped	9	38	—	—	—
الحي الإداري للسد (حمري)Hay El Idari Lalsd (Hamri)	Grouped	8	34	—	—	—
سيدي الشاهدSidi Ecchahd3 douars · 821 people
الفايضFayd	Grouped	39	184	0.0	1.9	6.0
الكراوطةLekraout	Grouped	76	362	0.9	0.9	5.0
اولاد الحاج عليOulad Haj Ali	Grouped	63	275	0.0	1.9	5.9
مركز ميكسCentre Mikkes5 douars · 1,842 people
أولاد الجيلالي بلحاجOulad Jilali Bel Haj	Grouped	68	300	1.0	1.0	3.0
الخطاطبةLekhtatba	Grouped	40	174	1.0	2.0	2.0
الخربةLkharba	Grouped	43	185	0.0	2.1	4.1
أهل الزاويةAhl Zaouia	Grouped	260	1,171	0.9	0.9	1.9
المركزCentre	Grouped	3	12	—	—	—
الحارةel Harra4 douars · 1,689 people
الحارةel Harra	Grouped	138	731	1.3	0.3	14.8
القرميةQarmiyya	Grouped	8	39	—	—	—
أولاد عبوOulad Abbou	Grouped	145	697	0.0	0.0	14.9
لالة فاطنة السفليةLalla Fatna Saflia	Grouped	51	222	0.0	0.0	12.1

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: 03.591.03.03
As digits: 035910303
Slug: mikkes
Record: /api/communes/03.591.03.03.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.591.03.03/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.591.03.03/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.591.03.03/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.591.03.03/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.591.03.03/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.591.03.03/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2808805

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