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Shchigrovsky District

Shchigrovsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Shchigry (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 15,099 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

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

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shchigrovsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Shchigry is incorporated separately from the district as Shchigry Urban Okrug.

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