Naour

ناوور

Rural commune in the cercle of El Ksiba, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 5,389
Since 2014: −10.2%from 5,999 in 2014
Density: 20.3people per km², 266.2 km²
Households: 1,357
Rank: 1,1641,164th most populous of 1,503 communes22nd of 22 in its province

Next door in Dir El Ksiba, 85.2% of households have running water. Here, it’s 14.1%.

Since 2014, households with a toilet went from 15.9% to 46.3%. Across Morocco, the rise was 4 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Oulad Amghar. Darija: 27.5% here, 33.7% there; running water: 14.1% here, 4.4% there; higher education: 1.7% here, 2.9% there.

Compare it with Oulad Amghar

Where it is

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

Bordering communes

Postcode

23155

How it changed

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

Naour −10.2%

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: 55.8%aged 10 and over63.8% in 201465.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 21.3%4.7% in 20149.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 45.7%aged 15 and over46.0% in 201415.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 98.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.09children per woman1.83 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.6%of people5.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 14.1%of settled households3.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Naour: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.5%	75 and over	4.3%
2.2%	70–74	3.1%
3.1%	65–69	2.6%
4.3%	60–64	5.8%
4.1%	55–59	4.7%
5.3%	50–54	4.9%
6.9%	45–49	5.4%
8.6%	40–44	8.5%
9.0%	35–39	8.2%
6.1%	30–34	7.5%
6.0%	25–29	6.3%
5.4%	20–24	5.2%
7.3%	15–19	7.6%
9.8%	10–14	9.8%
9.9%	5–9	9.1%
8.5%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight85.9%
Darija27.5%
Tachelhit0.8%
Tarifit0.2%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.4%
French55.5%
English11.4%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot78.7%
Informal transport8.6%
Doesn’t travel to work5.8%
Private car1.8%
Employer’s transport1.4%
Animal1.3%
Bike or motorcycle1.1%
Taxi0.6%
Bus0.4%
Another way0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 63.8%aged 10 and over55.8% in 202473.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 4.7%21.3% in 202411.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.0%aged 15 and over45.7% in 20245.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 89.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.83children per woman2.09 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people5.6% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 3.0%of settled households14.1% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Naour: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.4%	75 and over	2.6%
2.1%	70–74	1.8%
1.8%	65–69	1.6%
2.8%	60–64	4.0%
2.6%	55–59	2.5%
4.5%	50–54	6.0%
4.3%	45–49	4.6%
5.3%	40–44	5.7%
6.9%	35–39	6.3%
9.2%	30–34	8.5%
9.8%	25–29	9.2%
9.7%	20–24	9.8%
10.1%	15–19	9.6%
9.7%	10–14	10.3%
7.8%	5–9	8.5%
9.9%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

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

Tamazight99.6%
Darija24.0%
Hassania0.1%
Tachelhit0.0%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Other combinations61.2%
Arabic and French17.5%
Arabic only17.4%
Arabic, French and English3.9%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot93.3%
Not stated3.0%
Bus1.5%
Another way0.7%
Private car0.5%
Bike or motorcycle0.4%
Works at home0.3%
Taxi0.2%
Employer’s transport0.1%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood93.0%
Not stated2.9%
Another in the commune1.4%
Another province0.9%
Another commune0.6%
Somewhere else0.5%
No fixed place0.3%
At home0.3%

What people did

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

Farm and fishing labour55.0%
Farming and fishing30.4%
Crafts and skilled trades3.7%
Labouring and small trades3.4%
Clerical work2.8%
Machine operating2.3%
Trade and broking1.8%
Not classified0.3%
Managers and senior professionals0.2%
Technicians0.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma82.4%
Primary13.1%
Lower secondary3.5%
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: 16129.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 7244.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 1832.5 per business
Public services: 82
Associations: 7in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 3counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce69.4%
Services16.7%
Industry12.5%
Construction1.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person90.3%
2 to 34.2%
4 to 94.2%
10 to 490.0%
50 and over1.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later26.4%
2011–201941.7%
2001–201012.5%
1991–200016.7%
1981–19902.8%
1956–19800.0%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Naour’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 15 douars in 3 fractions, with 5,303 people. 86 more aren’t in any douar: nomads, or people HCP counts apart, such as soldiers in barracks. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
بن شروBen Charrou6 douars · 1,909 people
(بن شروBen Charrou	Grouped	85	362	1.2	1.7	7.9
ايت وسعدانAit Ouissadane	In parts	37	159	1.5	2.1	13.9
ايت ايكوAit Ikkou	Dispersed	85	404	3.3	3.3	16.9
تالكوطTalgout	Grouped	43	197	0.5	1.1	3.8
تغرمينTighrmine	Grouped	37	131	0.2	2.4	6.7
افسفاسIfasfas	Grouped	169	656	0.2	1.8	14.2
بونوالBounoual3 douars · 931 people
ايت مسعودAit Massaoude	In parts	51	203	2.0	2.8	15.3
ايت داودAit Daoud	Dispersed	95	412	1.6	1.9	15.0
ايت اعتوAit Ouattou	In parts	81	316	7.1	3.0	11.9
ناوورNaour6 douars · 2,463 people
دوار ايت حمي (ناور المركز)Douar Ait Himmi (Naour Centre)	Grouped	175	587	0.6	1.2	1.2
ايت واياAït Waya	Dispersed	233	939	0.4	0.6	8.4
ايت احسين ( الميزان)Ait H'cine (El Mizane)	In parts	129	434	0.8	1.2	3.3
ايت يعقوبAit Yaakoub	In parts	43	163	1.5	2.2	2.2
اماكورAmagour	Dispersed	36	142	0.2	3.3	4.3
تابادوتTabadout	Grouped	58	198	0.4	1.4	1.6

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

In the data

Files and code

Code: 05.091.07.11
As digits: 050910711
Slug: naour
Record: /api/communes/05.091.07.11.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.07.11/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.07.11/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.07.11/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.07.11/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/05.091.07.11/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.091.07.11/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882850

In JavaScript

import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("naour");

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