Depil Explained

Depil
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Faroe Islands
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Faroe Islands
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1: Faroe Islands
Subdivision Type2:Island
Subdivision Name2:Borðoy
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Hvannasund
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:1 November 2020 [1]
Population Total:3
Timezone Dst:EST
Utc Offset Dst:+1
Coordinates:62.2861°N -6.5275°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfc
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:FO 735

Depil (Danish: Deble) is a village in the Faroe Islands.

Depil is located on the east side of Borðoy between Norðdepil and Norðtoftir. The village has only two inhabitants.

The Farmstead in Depil

In the early 19th century the village of Depil was practically derelict. The farmers had left the place, the ownership of the land was in the hands of outsiders, and half the cultivated soil had turned into wilderness again. At the census in 1801, there were only three old people left, and the village was probably abandoned for some years up to 1815.

But in the fall of 1815, a man called Óli Árantsson, born 1766, and his wife Anna Óladóttir moved from Norðtoftir to Depil, and life returned to the ancient village.The story tells, that it was Guttorm Guttormsson who in 1815 built the oldest part of the farmstead in Depil. The lowest part of the house is younger, and the upper part was built by Tummas í Depli in 1823, who used driftwood as building material.

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  1. Web site: IB01011 Fólkatalsbroytingar skiftar á fødd, deyð, flutt og bygd (1985M01-2020M11). 2021-01-07. Hagtalsgrunnur.