Pavlovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Pavlovsky District (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 1098.5 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Pavlovo. Population: 100,960 (2010 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