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Covide

Parish of the municipality of Terras de Bouro (Terras de Bouro), district of Braga.

Covide had 273 residents in the 2021 Census, 41,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 8,7% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,3 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Terras de Bouro.

Population (inh.)
  • 149 – 273
  • 292 – 304
  • 307 – 461
  • 538 – 770
  • 783 – 1.074
Density (inh./km²)
  • 2,2 – 13,8
  • 15,1 – 27,8
  • 32,3 – 45,4
  • 55,2 – 94,2
  • 114,4 – 233,7
Area (km²)
  • 2,3 – 3,8
  • 4,0 – 9,1
  • 12,1 – 14,0
  • 18,1 – 24,0
  • 68,8 – 77,8
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 14 parishes of Terras de Bouro

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Balança3073,7681,7
2Campo do Gerês14968,762,2
3Carvalheira2929,0532,3
4Covide27318,0915,1
5Gondoriz2967,4040,0
6Moimenta7833,35233,7
7Ribeira2122,2594,2
8Rio Caldo77013,9555,2
9Souto4614,03114,4
10União das freguesias de Chamoim e Vilar34912,5727,8
11União das freguesias de Chorense e Monte53820,2626,6
12União das freguesias de Cibões e Brufe30424,0312,7
13Valdosende55012,1245,4
14Vilar da Veiga1.07477,8313,8
Code (DTMNFR)
031008
Resident population (2021)
273
Area
18,09 km²
Density
15,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
4,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
12th of 14

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
129 (47,3%)
Women
144 (52,7%)
Portuguese nationality
271 (99,3%)
Foreign nationality
2 (0,7%)
Ageing index
570,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
107
Average household size *
2,38 people
Dwellings
239
Classic family dwellings
238
Buildings
237
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
8,7% (22)
Unemployment rate *
6,52% (H 8,33% · M 4,55%)
Active / employed population
92 / 86

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 20 (7,3%); 15-24 years: 15 (5,5%); 25-64 years: 124 (45,4%); 65+ years: 114 (41,8%)0-1420 · 7,3%15-2415 · 5,5%25-64124 · 45,4%65+114 · 41,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (273).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years20128
15-24 years1587
25-64 years1245866
65+ years1145163

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Carvalheira · Rio Caldo · União das freguesias de Chorense e Monte · Campo do Gerês · Vilar da Veiga · União das freguesias de Chamoim e Vilar

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Terras de Bouro
2,3 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
316
Voters
229
Turnout
72,47% (2021: 67,94%)
Seats
7
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		14764,19%5
CH
CHEGA		7432,31%2
Blank votes52,18%
Null votes31,31%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo verde, cruzeiro de prata realçado de negro, entre ferro de enxada e ramo de carvalho landado, tudo de ouro, realçado de negro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro «Covide Terras de Bouro».

Flag: amarela. Cordão e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda «Junta de Freguesia de Covide - Concelho de Terras de Bouro».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital, Diário da República n.º 201/2006, Parte Especial, Série II de 2006-10-18 (issuer: Junta de Freguesia de Covide). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Rua da Lameira nº 169
Covide (TERRAS DE BOURO)
4840-080 COVIDE
Telephone
253356054
Email
jf.covide.tbr@gmail.com

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
41,73861, -8,21389
Wikipedia
Covide
Wikidata
Q1138127

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026