Name the French centre of transport (3)

I believe the answer is:

les

'name' is the definition.

'the french centre of transport' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' (**).
'centre of' indicates the central letters.
The central letter of 'transport' is 's'.
'le'+'s'='LES'

(Other definitions for les that I've seen before include "-- Dawson (late comedian)" , "-- Miserables, musical" , "Short boy or girl" , "- Dawson, Br. comedian" , "-- Dawson, English comic" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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