Parfino is an urban locality and the administrative center of Parfinsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Lovat River, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Staraya Russa. Municipally, it is incorporated as Parfinskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population: 7,492 (2010 Russian census); 8,446 (2002 Census); 8,299 (1989 Soviet census).

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 1,591 square kilometers (614 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Parfino. Population: 14,395 (2010 Russian census); 16,485 ; 17,650 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Parfino accounts for 52.0% of the total district's population.