Pachelmsky District

Pachelmsky District (Па́челмский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1300 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pachelma. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,310, with the population of Pachelma accounting for 49.4% of that number.

History
The district was established in 1928 within Penza Okrug of Middle Volga Oblast. It became a part of Penza Oblast in 1939.