Verkhoshizhemsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Verkhoshizhemye. Population: 10,878 (2002 Census); The population of Verkhoshizhemye accounts for 45.9% of the district's total population.