While the plans to move the administrative center to Lena had never been realized, the name remained unchanged.

[11] The area was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic.

In 1606, Yarensky Uyezd was formed, and Yarensk became one of the most important towns in the North of Russia.

[11] In the following years, the district remained within the same borders, but the first-level administrative division of Russia kept changing.

The main (right-hand) Northern Dvina tributary which flows through the district is the Yarenga.

As an administrative division, the district is divided into nine selsoviets and one urban-type settlement with jurisdictional territory (Urdoma).

[11] The district contains fifteen objects classified as cultural and historical heritage.