Under the Régence, as Destouches' operas were revived at the Opéra, Destouches was able to purchase the terroir of La Vaudoire at Sartrouville, conveniently close to Paris.
The Ile de France International Piano Competition was founded in 1999 in Sartrouville (France) on the initiative of René Girard and his daughter Christine Girard under the honorary presidency of Anne Queffelec.
She worked with Armando Llamas and also taught dance at Sartrouville in the 1970s.
He was one of the two MNR municipal councillors elected in Sartrouville (Yvelines) in the French municipal elections, 2001 when his list won 11.3% of the votes.