Shchigrovsky District (Russian: Щигро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia.
The area of the district is 1,220 square kilometers (470 sq mi).
[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchigrovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast.
[1] The town of Shchigry serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[4] The town of oblast significance of Shchigry is incorporated separately from the district as Shchigry Urban Okrug.