Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
The district seat is Parchim,[2] a branch office of the administration is located in Ludwigslust.
After Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, it is the second-biggest district in Germany by area.
It also has the lowest population density of the districts in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the sixth-lowest in Germany overall.
The district is bordered by (clockwise starting from the west) the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the districts Rostock and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and the states Brandenburg and Lower Saxony.