Regensdorf is first mentioned in 870 as Reganesdorf. In 931 it was mentioned as Wat and in 1040 as Adalinchova, when probably the Alt-Regensberg Castle was built by the House of Regensberg.
Geography
Regensdorf has an area of. Of this area, 43.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 23.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.6% is settled and the remainder is non-productive. The municipality is located on both sides of the Furtbach. It consists of the villages of Watt, Adlikon and Regensdorf.
Demographics
Regensdorf has a population of. , 31.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 16.5%. Most of the population speaks German , with Italian being second most common and Albanian being third. In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 48.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS, the FDP and the CVP. The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers make up 21.7% of the population, while adults make up 67.7% and seniors make up 10.6%. In Regensdorf about 65.6% of the population have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education. Regensdorf has an unemployment rate of 3.39%. , there were 97 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 30 businesses involved in this sector. 2418 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 163 businesses in this sector. 6321 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 626 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table:
year
population
1468
97 23 Households
1634
553
1850
1,201
1880
1,020
1950
2,093
1970
8,566
2000
14,628
Transportation
is a stop of the S-Bahn Zürichon the lineS6. There is a train every half an hour. Upon the completion of the fourth development phase of Zurich S-Bahn network, S21 will be added to serve the line Regensdorf-Zurich. According to ZVV, S21 will go through the new DML tunnel and it won't be stopping at Zürich-Seebach. In September 2014 an additional Zurich S-Bahn connection from Regensdorf to Zurich Main Station via ETH Hönggerberg "Science City" underground station has been published. .
Sport
FC Regensdorf, an amateur football club, play at the Sportanlage Wisacher on Wiesackerstrasse. As of the 2019–20 season, they are in 2. Liga, the sixth tier of football in Switzerland.
