DEPIL
Country	Faroe Islands
> 2 (2006)
Postal code	FO 735
Municipality	Hvannasund Hvannasund Hvannasund is a village and municipality in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region in Denmark....
Location	62°17′10″N, 6°31′39″W

Depil is a village in the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

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• Population: 2
• Location: 62°17′10"N 6°31′39"W
• Postal code (Zip): FO 735
• Municipality: Hvannasund
  Hvannasund
  Hvannasund is a village and municipality in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region in Denmark....
  
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Depil is located on the east side of Borðoy

Borðoy

Borðoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands. There are eight settlements: Klaksvík , Norðoyri, Ánir, Árnafjørður, Strond, Norðtoftir, Depil and Norðdepil. There are also three abandoned settlements: Skálatoftir, Múli and Fossá, all in the north...

 between Norðdepil

Norðdepil

Norðdepil is a town on the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroes.*Population: 169 *Postal Code: FO-730*Municipality: Hvannasunds kommuna...

 and Norðtoftir

Norðtoftir

Norðtoftir is a village on the Faroese island of Borðoy in the Hvannasund municipality. The 2007 population was 6. Its postal code is FO 736....

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The village has only two inhabitants.
The Farmsetead 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.

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Depil Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.