Orlovsky District, Oryol Oblast

Orlovsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Oryol (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 67,384 (2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orlovsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The city of Oryol serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orlovsky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Oryol is incorporated separately from the district as Oryol Urban Okrug.

Notable residents

• Georgy Rodin (1897–1976), Red Army lieutenant general, born in Bolotovo village
• Grigory Zhilkin (born 2003), football player, born in Biofabrika

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