Spassky District (Russian: Спа́сский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

[3] It is located in the east of the oblast.

The area of the district is 706.6 square kilometers (272.8 sq mi).

[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Spasskoye.

[6] The population of Spasskoye accounts for 35.9% of the district's total population.