Carnota is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain.

Carnota is also very famous for its more than 7 km long beach, being the longest in the region of Galicia, and Mount Pindo.

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.

[citation needed] 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.