Khotynetsky District located in the Central Russian Upland of the East European Plain, it is in the northwest of the oblast.

Summers is warm, in separate years — could be rainy or hot and droughty.

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in January 2018 the number of residents came to 9 376.

Important highways of federal and regional values: On the territory of the Khotynetsky District is the historical Oryol-Vitebsk Railway.

The pearl of the Khotynetsky District is the national park «Orlovskoye Polesye».