Znamensky District () is an administrativeLaw #522-OZ and municipalLaw #418-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Znamenskoye. Population: 5,016 (2010 Census); The population of Znamenskoye accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.
Geography The main rivers in the district are the Nugr' and the Vytebet, a tributary of the Zhizdra. The district's average elevation above sea level is , with a high point of and a low point of .
The Orlovskoye Polesye national park is partly located in the district.Orlovskoye Polesye, a profile
Notable people People's Artist of the USSR Ivan Pereverzev (1914–1978) was born on the territory of modern district, in the now defunct village of Kuzminki.
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