title: Bosut, Sremska Mitrovica
text: # Bosut, Sremska Mitrovica
  
  Bosut (Serbian Cyrillic: Босут) is a village located in the city of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. It is situated near the Bosut River, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 971 inhabitants.
  
  While returning early from Budapest-Rakos M/Y mission, town was bombed by 1 x 463rd BG Boeing B-17 on 27 June 1944 as a target of opportunity: 16 x 250 GP bombs dropped on the main highway / powerplant.
  
  ## Name
  
  In Serbian, the village is known as Bosut (Босут), in Croatian as Bosut, and in Hungarian as Boszut. There is also a river with the same name (see: Bosut River).
  
  ## Historical population
  
  * 1961: 1,094
  * 1971: 1,284
  * 1981: 1,311
  * 1991: 1,149
  * 2002: 1,139
  * 2011: 971
  