Novgorodsky District is an administrative and municipal district (
raion), one of the
twenty-one in
Novgorod Oblast,
Russia. It is located in the southwest of the
oblast and borders with
Tosnensky District of
Leningrad Oblast in the north,
Chudovsky District in the northeast,
Malovishersky District in the east,
Krestetsky District in the southeast,
Shimsky District in the southwest,
Batetsky District in the west, and with
Luzhsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northwest. In the south, the district is limited by
Lake Ilmen. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center is the
city of
Veliky Novgorod (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 58,622 (
2002 Census); In terms of both area and population, this is the largest district in Novgorod Oblast.