German city that is the leading administrative centre of the Ruhr (5)

I believe the answer is:

essen

(Other definitions for essen that I've seen before include "city in the Ruhr valley" , "German place name" , "Industrial centre of the Ruhr" , "German industrial centre" , "European city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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