title: Verkhovsky District
text: # Verkhovsky District
  
  Verkhovsky District (Russian: Верховский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal 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). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Verkhovye. Population: 17,283 (2010 Census); 21,384 (2002 Census); 24,888 (1989 Census). The population of Verkhovye accounts for 41.5% of the district's total population.
  
  