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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090626
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090626
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090626

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-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		09913172

	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   JANET C. SMITH
TITLE       PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER

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May 8, 2008 annual meeting
At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as
follows:
Common shares
            Votes for 	Votes withheld	 Abstentions Broker non votes
Jameson A. Baxter 	36,406,224 	 3,236,302 	11,368
Charles B. Curtis 	36,414,538 	 3,227,988 	11,368
Robert J. Darretta 	36,436,198 	 3,206,328 	11,368
Myra R. Drucker 	36,425,056 	 3,217,470 	11,368
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.36,428,458       3,214,068 	11,368
Paul L. Joskow 		36,431,319 	 3,211,207 	11,368
Elizabeth T. Kennan 	36,400,792 	 3,241,734 	11,368
Kenneth R. Leibler 	36,433,737 	 3,208,789 	11,368
George Putnam, III 	36,414,481 	 3,228,045 	11,368
Richard B. Worley 	36,427,595 	 3,214,931 	11,368

Preferred shares
	     Votes for Votes withheld Abstentions Broker non votes
John A. Hill 		13,932 		1,409
Robert E. Patterson 	13,933 		1,404


All tabulations rounded to the nearest whole number
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New accounting pronouncements

In March 2008, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities (SFAS 161) - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133,
was issued and is effective for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced
disclosures about how and why an entity uses derivative
instruments and how derivative instruments affect an entitys
financial position. Putnam Management is currently evaluating
the impact the adoption of SFAS 161 will have on the funds
financial statement disclosures.

In April 2009, FASB issued a new FASB Staff Position FSP FAS
157-4 which amends FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements, and is effective for interim and annual periods
ending after June 15, 2009.  FSP FAS 157-4 provides additional
guidance when the volume and level of activity for the asset or
liability measured at fair value has significantly decreased.
Additionally, FSP FAS 157-4 expands disclosure by reporting
entities with respect to categories of assets and liabilities
carried at fair value.  Putnam Management believes applying the
provisions of FSP FAS 157-4 will not have a material impact on
the funds financial statements.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
125 High Street
Boston, MA 02110-1707
Telephone (617) 530 5000
Facsimile (617) 530 5001
www.pwc.com

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust:


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Putnam
Municipal Opportunities Trust (the Fund) as of and for the year ended April
30, 2009, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal control
over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as
a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of
Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting.  In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess
the expected benefits and related costs of controls.  A fund's internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.  A fund's internal control over financial
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
trustees of the company; and (3)  provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of a fund's assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting
may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation
of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the
design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in
the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis.  A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of
the Fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was
for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not
necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial
reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  However, we noted
no deficiencies in the


Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including
controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of April 30, 2009.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Board of Trustees of Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
June 11, 2009







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