Agoncillo, La Rioja
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Agoncillo is a town and municipality in La Rioja province in northern Spain
Spain
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Club Deportivo Agoncillo is a football team based in Agoncillo.

History

It is believed that the name comes from an ancient Celtic setllement named Egon whose ruins lie near the town. The area was also populated in Ancient Roman times.

Aerodrome

A military aerodrome was built in Recajo
Recajo
Recajo is a village within Agoncillo municipality in La Rioja province in northern Spain. It is located south of a bend on the Ebro River, about 4 Km to the west of Agoncillo.Recajo has a population of 91 according to the 2010 census.-Aerodrome:...

, a town within Agoncillo municipal term, in 1923. It was first known as Aeródromo de Recajo, but in 1932 at the time of the Second Spanish Republic
Second Spanish Republic
The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....

 its official name was changed to Aeródromo de Agoncillo. Located about 10 Km from Logroño, since 1939 it housed the Maestranza Aérea de Logroño of the Spanish Air Force
Spanish Air Force
-The early stages:Hot air balloons had been used with military purposes in Spain as far back as 1896. In 1905, with the help of Alfredo Kindelán, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo directed the construction of the first Spanish dirigible in the Army Military Aerostatics Service, created in 1896 and located...

 with the Regimiento de Bombardeo Nº 15, Escuadrón 110 that operated Heinkel He 111
Heinkel He 111
The Heinkel He 111 was a German aircraft designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter in the early 1930s in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Often described as a "Wolf in sheep's clothing", it masqueraded as a transport aircraft, but its purpose was to provide the Luftwaffe with a fast medium...

 bombers until the late 1950s.

After the bomber squadrons were phased out, the aerodrome reverted to civilian use as the Logroño-Agoncillo Airport
Logroño-Agoncillo Airport
Logroño-Agoncillo Airport is the airport serving Logroño in the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain.This airport is located near Recajo village in the Agoncillo municipal term. It first opened as a military airport in 1923, when it was known as Aeródromo de Recajo...

. It now has a smaller airstrip and houses a museum.

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