Verkhovsky District (Russian: Верховский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the east of the oblast.

The area of the district is 1,072.4 square kilometers (414.1 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Verkhovye.

[7] The population of Verkhovye accounts for 41.5% of the district's total population.