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# Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália) United Commune (Portugal)

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Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: silveiros | sta eulalia de rio covo | cross(wayside) | blackberry(branch) | wheat(ear) | corn(cob) | grapevine |
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## União das Freguesias de Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália), Concelho de Barcelos, Distrito de Braga

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

- Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália) United Commune

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália)

- Former Silveiros Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Silveiros

- Former Santa Eulália de Rio Covo Commune (until 2013)

- Flag
- Coat of Arms
- Presentation of Santa Eulália de Rio Covo

See also:

- Barcelos Municipality
- Portugal
- Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

## Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália) United Commune

### Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

### Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 14 Apr 2026

Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, on fess point a cogwheel Or surrounded by a wreath of blackberry Argent blossomed Or and fructed proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE SILVEIROS E RIO COVO (SANTA EULÁLIA)".
Meaning:
The charges are representations of the former municipalities, Silveiros is represented by the wreath, and Rio Covo by the base wavy. The cogwheel is a new element, symbolising industries.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 13 November 2015, see here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

### Presentation of Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália)

Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália) is one of the 18 communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 2098 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 8,23 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

### Former Silveiros Commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 15 May 2016

Shield Azure four wayside crosses Argent ordered 1:2:1, flanked by two eradicated blackberry bushes Argent leafed Or and fruited proper. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "SILVEIROS - BARCELOS".
SMeaning:
SThe blackberry (Portuguese: silva) bushes are canting. The crosses are representations of the four existing wayside crosses in the commune.
Sources: this webpage and communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 May 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2016

#### Presentation of Silveiros

Silveiros was one of the 44 communes of Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1181 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2016

### Former Santa Eulália de Rio Covo commune (until 2013)

#### Flag

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Feb 2025

#### Coat of Arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 15 May 2016

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a bunch of three wheat ears and another one of three corn cobs, all Or, in chief a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "RIO COVO - SANTA EULÁLIA".
Meaning:
The base might be canting, though I couldn´t find the name giving river.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2016

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 16 July 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2016

#### Presentation of Santa Eulália de Rio Covo

Santa Eulália de Rio Covo was one of the 44 communes of Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 970 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2016

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