Parfinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Krestetsky District in the north, Demyansky District in the southeast, and with Starorussky District in the southwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Parfino. Population: 16,485 (2002 Census); The population of Parfino accounts for 52.0% of the total district's population.