Messelmoun

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Messelmoun

Total population

7,564

Coordinates36.56°, 2.00°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Messelmoun is a town and commune in Tipaza Province in northern Algeria.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

M

Mohamed Laradji

French politician (1925-2008)

Belkacem Zeghmati

Algerian politician

L

Lucienne Jankélévitch

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tipaza

• Douar Azrou
  1.5 mi away
• Oued Sebt
  2 mi away
• Hadjret Ennous
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,150
• Quraya
  5.4 mi away · pop. 20,144
• Sidi Semiane
  5.6 mi away
• Sidi Ghiles
  6.8 mi away · pop. 15,281
• Boumendile
  8.6 mi away
• Zadra
  8.7 mi away
• Beni Nador
  8.9 mi away
• Temloul
  9.3 mi away
• Bouzerou (Bouhriz)
  9.6 mi away
• Boukhlidja
  9.6 mi away

Browse all places in Tipaza →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Greek Tortoise

Testudo graeca

Seen 2026-05-20

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Seen 2023-02-18

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

Seen 2023-02-18

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2023-02-08

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Seen 2022-11-05

Common Dewdrop Spider

Argyrodes argyrodes

Seen 2022-07-22

Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melba

Seen 2022-07-22

Eurasian Siskin

Spinus spinus

Seen 2022-02-12

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Seen 2022-02-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Messelmoun, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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