Nürensdorf

Geschichte

Nürensdorf is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.HistoryNürensdorf is first mentioned around 1150 as Noelistorf. In 1277 it was mentioned as Nueristorf.GeographyNürensdorf has an area of 10.1km2. Of this area, 48.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.1% is forested. The rest of the land, (19.2%) is settled.The municipality is located on the south west edge of the Brütten plateau. The main village is Nürensdorf, a Haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) which was a Straßendorf (Linear village) until about 1700. The municipality also includes the town sections of Birchwil (first mentioned around 1155 as Byrchenwilare), Breite and Oberwil, the hamlets of Hakab, Breitenloo, Chlihus and until 1931 Baltenswil (now part of Bassersdorf). Additionally, since 1869, the village of Breitehof has been part of the municipality.DemographicsNürensdorf has a population of., 11.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 12.9%. Most of the population speaks German (90.6%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.2%) and French being third ( 1.2%).In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (15.3%), the SPS (11.8%) and the CSP (9.5%).