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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-11-102766
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111212
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111212
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20111212

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000884152
		IRS NUMBER:				363810337
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-01040
		FILM NUMBER:		111256851

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1555 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			2Q
		ZIP:			30309
		BUSINESS PHONE:		404-439-3217

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1555 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			2Q
		ZIP:			30309

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981006

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN MERRITT MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>RULE 23C-2 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REDEEM SECURITIES</b></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">of</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust<BR>
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Suite1800<BR>
Atlanta, GA 30309</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">under the</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Investment Company Act of 1940</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Investment Company Act File No.&nbsp;811-06567</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust (the &#147;Fund&#148;) hereby notifies the
Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer,
as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;23c-2 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Title of the class of Securities to be redeemed:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">Auction Preferred Shares, par value of $0.01 per share, liquidation preference of
$25,000 per share (&#147;ARPS&#148;), Series&nbsp;A, Series&nbsp;B, Series&nbsp;C, Series&nbsp;D, Series&nbsp;E, and Series
F.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Date on which the securities may be called or redeemed:
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Series&nbsp;B on January&nbsp;25, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;C on January&nbsp;11, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;D on January&nbsp;25, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;E on February&nbsp;3, 2012<BR>
Series&nbsp;F on January&nbsp;11, 2012
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;Applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to
be redeemed:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">ARPS are to be redeemed in accordance with Section&nbsp;3 of the Certificate of Vote of
Trustees Establishing Six Series of Preferred Shares.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be
redeemed are to be selected:
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300 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;B ARPS<BR>
200 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;C ARPS<BR>
200 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;D ARPS<BR>
200 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;E ARPS<BR>
160 outstanding shares of Series&nbsp;F ARPS
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such redemption of each series of shares of outstanding ARPS shall be effected pro rata.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed redemption of each of the ARPS
series.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirement of Rule&nbsp;23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly
caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
on this 12th day of December&nbsp;2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left" nowrap>INVESCO VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST <BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Elizabeth Nelson&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Elizabeth Nelson&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Assistant Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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