Ryazhsky District (Russian: Ря́жский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the south of the oblast.

The area of the district is 1,019 square kilometers (393 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Ryazhsk.

[7] The population of Ryazhsk accounts for 74.7% of the district's total population.