Berrechid
Berrechid
برشيد | |
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Municipality and town | |
Berrechid Province administration building in Berrechid | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′N 7°35′W / 33.267°N 7.583°W | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Region | Casablanca-Settat |
| Province | Berrechid |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 136,634 |
| • Rank | 23rd in Morocco |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Berrechid (Arabic: برشيد) is a town and municipality in Berrechid Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. It recorded a population of 136,634 inhabitants in the 2014 Moroccan census. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 89,830 people living in 18,808 households.
"Berrechid" is also a metonym for Berrechid Hospital, which first opened as a European-style asylum in 1919 under French colonial rule and was the first place for psychiatric treatment in Morocco.