title: Pavlovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
text: # Pavlovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
  
  Pavlovsky District (Russian: Па́вловский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pavlovsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,098.5 square kilometers (424.1 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pavlovo. Population: 100,960 (2010 Census); 43,426 (2002 Census); 47,875 (1989 Census). The population of Pavlovo accounts for 60.1% of the district's total population.
  
  ## History
  
  The district was established in 1929.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * Nikolai Albov (1866–1897), botanist and geographer, born in Pavlovo
  * Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (born 1930), Soviet runner
  