Bosut (village)

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.

Bosut Босут (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Bosut
Coordinates: 44°56′N 19°22′E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
Region	Syrmia
District	Srem
Municipality	Sremska Mitrovica
Area [1]
• Total	28.39 km^2 (10.96 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	971
• Density	34/km^2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

1. "Насеља општине Сремска Митровица" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.