| Official Name: | Carnota |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of A Coruña#Spain |
| Pushpin Label: | Carnota |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type3: | Province |
| Subdivision Name3: | A Coruña |
| Subdivision Type4: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name4: | Muros |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde (Mayor) |
| Leader Name: | Ramón Noceda Caamaño |
| Leader Party: | BNG |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Website: | www.concellodecarnota.com |
Carnota is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Muros. It has an area of 66.4 km2, a population of 5,285 (2004 estimate) and a population density of 79.59 people/km2.
It is famous because of its majestic hórreo, granary, the largest one in the world. It has a Baroque style and dates back to 1768. Carnota is also very famous for its more than 7 km long beach, being the longest in the region of Galicia, and Mount Pindo.
The municipality of Carnota borders on the north with the municipality of Dumbría, the northwest with Mazaricos, the west by the Atlantic, and south Muros. It includes various small villages such as O Pindo, Quilmas, A Curra, Panches, Caldebarcos, Vadebois, San Cibran, Vilar de Parada, Fetos, Louredo O viso, Pedrafigueria, Sofan, Mallou, Carballal, Lira, and several more.
Its name could come from the pre-Celtic word carn, which means stone.
There tombs and forts indicating that the area has been inhabited since antiquity. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Counts of Trastámara and Lemos and was part of the old county of Cornatum. With the Great Irmandiña War of 1467 disappeared strengths. The location of the capital, Carnota, originated in the 17th century. In the 19th century, it was sacked by the French in the War of Spanish Independence.