Yeletsky District (Russian: Еле́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the eighteen in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the western central part of the oblast.

The area of the district is 1,170 square kilometers (450 sq mi).

[8] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeletsky District is one of the eighteen in the oblast.

[1] The city of Yelets serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.