Nürensdorf is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

[4] The municipality is located on the south west edge of the Brütten plateau.

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).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (90.6%), with Italian being second most common (2.2%) and French being third (1.2%).

[citation needed] In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 45.6% of the vote.