My Idriss Zerhoun

مولاي إدريس زرهون

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

Population, 2024
10,038
Since 2014
−13.6%from 11,615 in 2014
Density
3,969people per km², 2.5 km²
Households
2,947
Foreign residents
1
Rank
742742nd most populous of 1,503 communes15th of 21 in its préfecture

Where it is

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

MeknèsAl Machouar-StiniaToulalDar Oum SoltaneAin JemaaAin OrmaOualiliOued JdidaOuislaneDkhissaSidi Slimane Moul Al KifaneMajjateBoufakraneCharqaouaN'zalat Bni AmarM'hayaMrhassiyineSidi Abdellah Al KhayatAin Karma-Oued RommaneAit Ouallal

Bordering communes

How it changed

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

My Idriss Zerhoun −13.6%

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
23.7%aged 10 and over25.7% in 201431.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
16.7%22.8% in 201411.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
31.1%aged 15 and over44.1% in 20148.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
95.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.87children per woman1.86 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.9%of people7.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.4people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.8%of settled households93.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

My Idriss Zerhoun: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
4.2%75 and over5.0%
3.3%70–743.8%
4.9%65–695.2%
6.2%60–646.5%
7.1%55–597.0%
7.2%50–547.2%
6.5%45–497.2%
6.2%40–446.6%
5.6%35–396.2%
5.4%30–346.0%
4.8%25–295.5%
5.7%20–246.0%
8.4%15–196.5%
9.3%10–148.1%
8.5%5–97.5%
6.7%0–45.6%

Local languages used

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

  • Darija99.7%
  • Tarifit2.6%
  • Tachelhit2.0%
  • Tamazight0.4%
  • Hassania0.1%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French57.4%
  • English12.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.1%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot80.2%
  • Taxi7.5%
  • Private car3.2%
  • Bus2.0%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.2%
  • Employer’s transport0.8%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in My Idriss Zerhoun’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
3,430
Standing empty
20.5%11.5% vacant9.0% a second home
Precarious
0.2%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
99.1%98.4% on the water mains98.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
1.3%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house91.8%
  • Traditional house6.6%
  • Apartment1.4%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%
  • Villa0.0%
  • Rural-type0.0%
  • Other0.0%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years21.7%
  • 20 to 49 years61.4%
  • 50 years or more16.9%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments
61761.5 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
53987.4% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
7811.4 per business
Public services
63
Associations
15in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce50.6%
  • Services31.4%
  • Industry13.9%
  • Construction4.1%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person70.9%
  • 2 to 326.0%
  • 4 to 93.2%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later14.5%
  • 2011–201931.9%
  • 2001–201027.6%
  • 1991–200011.7%
  • 1981–19904.5%
  • 1956–19806.7%
  • Before 19563.2%

In the data

Code
03.061.01.09
As digits
030610109
Slug
my-idriss-zerhoun
Record
/api/communes/03.061.01.09.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.061.01.09/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.061.01.09/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.061.01.09/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.061.01.09/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.061.01.09/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2561365
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("my-idriss-zerhoun");

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