<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001666303-24-000010.txt : 20240528
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240528140631
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001666303-24-000010
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240517
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240528

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			McGreevey Gregory
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001371570
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-07626
		FILM NUMBER:		24990313

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1555 PEACHTREE ST. NE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30309

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PUTNAM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000900422
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				043187549
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 FEDERAL STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6172921000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 FEDERAL STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <periodOfReport>2024-05-17</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000900422</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PUTNAM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PMO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001371570</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>McGreevey Gregory</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1555 PEACHTREE ST. NE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30309</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Dana Scribner-Shea by POA for Gregory McGreevey</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-05-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>auth_mcgreevey.txt
<DESCRIPTION>AUTHORIZATION
<TEXT>
Confirming Statement
Pursuant to Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, and as a Reporting Person of:

Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust, Putnam Premier Income
Trust, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, Putnam
Managed Municipal Income Trust, each a Putnam Closed-End
Fund, and Issuer of Putnam Investment Management, LLC
and/or Putnam Investments, LLC, the Issuer's Investment
Adviser and Indirect Parent Holding Company, respectively,

I hereby authorize and designate Dana Scribner-Shea of the
Putnam Investments Legal and Compliance Department to file
SEC Exchange Act Forms 3, 4, or 5 on my behalf until
further notice in electronic format pursuant to Rule
101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
Signed by      /s/ Gregory McGreevey
                 Gregory McGreevey

On this 21st day of May, 2024, I certify that Gregory
McGreevey, having personally appeared before me,
proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification
to be the person whose name is signed on this Confirming
Statement document.  The notarized Confirming Statement
shall be provided to the Securities and Exchange
Commission in compliance with EDGAR procedures.
Signed by         /s/ Andrea Arrieta Valbuena
                      Notary Public
My commission expires   10/22/2025
</TEXT>
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