The area of the district is 833 square kilometers (322 sq mi).

[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Alexandro-Nevsky.

[4] Until June 18, 2012, the district was called Novoderevensky (Новодеревенский).

«О переименовании географического объекта в Рязанской области».

Resolution #592 of June 18, 2012 On Renaming a Geographic Object in Ryazan Oblast.