Carnota is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, autonomous community of Galicia. 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 Barrocan style and is dated back to 1768. Carnota is also very famous for its more than 7 km long beach, the longest in all of Galicia, and Mount Pindo.

Its name could come from the pre-Celtic word of "carn", which means stone.