Msila

امسيلة

Rural commune in the cercle of Tainaste, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
7,800
Since 2014
−6.7%from 8,356 in 2014
Density
63.5people per km², 122.9 km²
Households
1,957
Foreign residents
1
Rank
926926th most populous of 1,503 communes20th of 38 in its province

Where it is

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

Tizi OuasliJbarnaAjdirSidi Ali BourakbaAknoulBourdBni FrassenRbaa El FoukiBni LentOulad ZbairOuad AmlilGhiata Al GharbiaBab MarzoukaMeknassa Al GharbiaTazaEl GouzateBni FtahTainasteKaf El GharMeknassa AcharqiaGaldamaneBouchfaaBab BoudirBouhlouMatmataAit SaghrouchenTahlaSmiaZrardaMaghraouaTazarineBouyablaneOulad ChrifTaifaTraibaBrarhaGzenaya Al Janoubia

How it changed

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

Msila −6.7%

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
40.9%aged 10 and over46.1% in 201454.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
40.7%6.5% in 201439.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
29.1%aged 15 and over44.4% in 20143.3% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
97.2%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.34children per woman2.30 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.5%of people6.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
18.4%of settled households12.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Msila: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.7%75 and over4.7%
2.4%70–743.2%
3.7%65–693.8%
4.3%60–645.4%
5.1%55–594.0%
4.9%50–544.9%
6.5%45–495.7%
7.7%40–447.6%
7.0%35–397.3%
6.2%30–346.1%
5.7%25–295.5%
5.4%20–246.2%
8.8%15–198.1%
9.4%10–149.9%
10.6%5–99.3%
8.7%0–48.2%

Local languages used

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

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

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French47.0%
  • English11.8%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot61.2%
  • Private car7.4%
  • Bike or motorcycle3.1%
  • Employer’s transport2.9%
  • Bus2.4%
  • Taxi1.5%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
27034.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
13851.1% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
1941.4 per business
Public services
123
Associations
9in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce57.2%
  • Services31.2%
  • Industry8.0%
  • Construction3.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person71.0%
  • 2 to 327.5%
  • 4 to 91.4%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later17.4%
  • 2011–201958.7%
  • 2001–201016.7%
  • 1991–20005.1%
  • 1981–19900.7%
  • 1956–19800.7%
  • Before 19560.7%

In the data

Code
03.561.11.09
As digits
035611109
Slug
msila
Record
/api/communes/03.561.11.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/economy.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.11.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2758252
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("msila");

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