Orlovsky District (Russian: Орло́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia.
The area of the district is 1,701.4 square kilometers (656.9 sq mi).
[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orlovsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.
[1] The city of Oryol serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[5] The city of oblast significance of Oryol is incorporated separately from the district as Oryol Urban Okrug.