Carrancas is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais.

The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras.

Carrancas lies on a railroad line and is connected to the regional center, Lavras, by dirt roads.

The main agricultural products are sugarcane, coffee, bananas, and corn.

[2] The municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del-Rei.