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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000869392-15-000070
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150626
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150626
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150626

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:		15953652

	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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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, 2015, in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), we considered the Funds 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 NSAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting.  Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds 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 funds 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 funds 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 funds 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
Funds annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Funds 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
Funds 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, 2015.

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
Boston, Massachusetts
June 12, 2015





2 of 2
1 of 2
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, MA 02110
T: (617) 530 5000, F:(617) 530 5001, www.pwc.com/us

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Item 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 legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.


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Shareholder Meeting Results (Unaudited)

June 24, 2014 meeting

At the meeting a proposal to authorize the Trustees to amend
and restate the funds Agreement and Declaration of
Trust to revise the quorum requirement for shareholder
meetings, with respect to which the April 25, 2014 meeting
had been adjourned, was approved as follows:

Votes for   Votes against    Abstentions
20,784,887   6,010,885       732,693

At the meeting, a proposal to authorize the Trustees
to amend and restate the funds Agreement and Declaration
of Trust to make other changes, with respect to which the
April 25, 2014 meeting had been adjourned, was
approved as follows:

Votes for   Votes against    Abstentions
22,511,000  4,072,407 	     945,057


April 23, 2015 meeting

At the meeting, a proposal to fix the number of Trustees
at 14 was approved as follows:



Votes for   Votes against    Abstentions
31,381,879  3,863,904       393,492


At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected
as follows:

                       Votes for   Votes withheld

Liaquat Ahamed      31,798,239      3,841,047
Ravi Akhoury        31,740,250      3,899,036
Barbara M. Baumann  31,758,942      3,880,344
Jameson A. Baxter   31,765,671      3,873,615
Charles B. Curtis   31,808,666      3,830,620
Robert J. Darretta  31,820,591      3,818,695
Katinka Domotorffy  31,737,704      3,901,582
Paul L. Joskow      31,828,175      3,811,111
Kenneth R. Leibler  31,817,472      3,821,814
George Putnam, III  31,805,419      3,833,867
Robert L. Reynolds  31,836,662      3,802,624
W. Thomas Stephens  31,781,414      3,857,872

A quorum was not present with respect to the matter of electing two
Trustees to  be voted on by the preferred shareholders voting as
a separate class. As a result, in accordance with the funds
Declaration of Trust and Bylaws, independent fund Trustees
John A. Hill and Robert E. Patterson remain in
office and continue to serve as Trustees.

All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.
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