| En Name: | Ponyrovsky District |
| Ru Name: | Поныровский район |
| Image View: | Ponyri Museum 11.JPG |
| Coordinates: | 52.3167°N 54°W |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Ponyri rayon (Kursk oblast).png |
| Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Ponyri |
| Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Work settlements |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
| Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 13 |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 48 |
| Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
| Mun Formation1: | Ponyrovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 7 |
| Area Km2: | 690 |
| Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
| Pop 2010Census: | 11778 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 40.7% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 59.3% |
| Website: | http://ponirir.rkursk.ru/ |
| Date: | August 2011 |
Ponyrovsky District (Russian: Поныро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 690km2.[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Ponyri. Population: 13,553 (2002 Census); The population of Ponyri accounts for 45.1% of the district's total population.
Ponyrovsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The district is 45 km north of the city of Kursk and 400 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 25 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Ponyri.[1]
The district is bordered on the north by Oryol Oblast, on the southeast by Zolotukhinsky District, and on the west by Fatezhsky District.