text: The D982 leading west from Rouen is the start of the Route des Abbayes , which meanders through woodland and meadows around the medieval Norman abbeys ' most of them enjoying their heyday under William the Conqueror ' at Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville , Jumiyges , Saint-Wandrille , Le Bec-Hellouin , and Caen , culminating in their masterpiece , Mont-Saint-Michel .
  
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  The Route des Abbayes starts at the D982 leading west from Rouen .