Rylsky District (Russian: Ры́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,505.02 square kilometers (581.09 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Rylsk. Population: 33,158 (2010 Census); 40,714 (2002 Census); 47,012 (1989 Census). The population of Rylsk accounts for 47.3% of the district's total population. From Wikipedia