Rylsky District 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: 29,859 (2021 Census); 33,158 (2010 Census); 40,714 ; 47,012 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Rylsk accounts for 50.5% of the district's total population.