Lopatinsky District (Russian: Лопа́тинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia.
It is located in the southeast of the oblast.
The area of the district is 1,440 square kilometers (560 sq mi).
[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lopatino.
[6] The population of Lopatino accounts for 29.4% of the district's total population.