Volsky District (Russian: Во́льский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 3,700 square kilometers (1,400 sq mi).

[11] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast.

[1] The town of Volsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Khvalynsk, also includes one urban-type settlement and three rural localities).

[9] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Volsky Municipal District,[6] with Volsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Volsk Urban Settlement.