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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000869392-05-000373
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051229
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051229
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20051229

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PUTNAM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000900422
		IRS NUMBER:				043187549
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		051290475

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6172921000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
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SIGNATURE   MICHAEL T. HEALY
TITLE       PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER

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<FILENAME>insclaim582.txt
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85B

Additional Information about Errors and Omissions Policy

While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of certain costs related to actions involving
claims of market timing activity in certain Putnam Funds have
been submitted by the investment manager of the
Registrant/Series.

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77E
Regulatory matters and litigation

Putnam Management has entered into agreements with the Securities
and Exchange Commission  and the Massachusetts Securities
Division settling charges connected with excessive short-term
trading by Putnam employees and, in the case of the charges
brought by the Massachusetts Securities Division, by participants
in some Putnam-administered 401(k) plans.  Pursuant to these
settlement agreements, Putnam Management will pay a total of
$193.5 million in penalties and restitution, with $153.5 million
being paid to shareholders and the funds. The amount will be
allocated to shareholders and funds pursuant to a plan developed
by an independent consultant, and will be paid following approval
of the plan by the SEC and the Massachusetts Securities Division.

The Securities and Exchange Commissions and Massachusetts
Securities Divisions allegations and related matters also serve
as the general basis for numerous lawsuits, including purported
class action lawsuits filed against Putnam Management and certain
related parties, including certain Putnam funds.  Putnam
Management will bear any costs incurred by Putnam funds in
connection with these lawsuits.  Putnam Management believes that
the likelihood that the pending private lawsuits and purported
class action lawsuits will have a material adverse financial
impact on the fund is remote, and the pending actions are not
likely to materially affect its ability to provide investment
management services to its clients, including the Putnam funds.

Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management are named as
defendants in a civil suit in which the plaintiffs allege that
the management and distribution fees paid by certain Putnam funds
were excessive and seek recovery under the Investment Company Act
of 1940.  Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management have
contested the plaintiffs claims and the matter is currently
pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.  Based on currently available information, Putnam
Management believes that this action is without merit and that it
is unlikely to have a material effect on Putnam Managements and
Putnam Retail Managements ability to provide services to their
clients, including the fund.


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<FILENAME>shareholdervotes77c.txt
<TEXT>


77c
Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited)

The annual meeting of shareholders of the fund was held on
October 28, 2005. At the meeting, each of the nominees for
Trustees was elected, as follows:

					Common Shares

						 Votes
				   Votes for	withheld

	Jameson Adkins Baxter	12,981,141 		592,534
	Charles B. Curtis	12,979,776		593,899
	Myra  R. Drucker	12,974,415		599,260
	Charles E. Haldeman Jr.	12,986,013		587,662
	Paul L. Joskow		12,983,913		589,762
	Elizabeth T. Kennan	12,963,279		610,396
	John H. Mullin III	12,987,599		586,076
	George Putnam, III	12,934,034		639,641
	W. Thomas Stephens	12,971,410		602,265
	Richard B. Worley	12,982,858		590,817


					Preferred Shares

						 Votes
				   Votes for	withheld


	John A. Hill	           3,839      176
	Robert E. Patterson	  3,839	  176


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