Verkhovsky District 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 of Verkhovye. Population: 17,283 ; 21,384 (2002 census); 24,888 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Verkhovye accounts for 41.5% of the district's total population.