Kuznetsky District (Russian: Кузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 2,071 square kilometers (800 sq mi).

[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.

[1] The town of Kuznetsk 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.

[5] The town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.